Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 126 Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860 1937 Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, J.M. Alice Sit-By-The-Fire Reading ease score: 85.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Text file produced by Juliet Sutherland, Phil McLaury, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Alice Sit-By-The-Fire" by J. M. Barrie is a play written in the late 19th century. The story centers on a young girl named Amy, her brother Cosmo, and their artistic aspirations, as well as the dynamics of family relationships upon the return of their parents from India. The play explores themes of youth, innocence, and the complexities of adult relationships, all while highlighting the innocence of Amy and her friend Ginevra. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Amy, who is in her room drying her hair after washing it. She is portrayed as an imaginative and somewhat artistic soul living with her brother Cosmo. Cosmo is troubled by a telegram from their father, causing him to express his resistance to parental affection humorously. The scene then shifts to the arrival of Amy's friend, Ginevra, leading to an intimate dialogue between the two girls about their newfound understanding of life through theatre. They discuss their thoughts on plays and their implications about life and love, creating a vibrant sense of youthful exploration. This opening establishes a light and whimsical mood, while hinting at deeper emotional stakes as the parents prepare to return after years away. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 190558 190559 2025-01-10T01:23:02.067950 2023-10-03T10:11:56.411317 text/html text/html 205098 2021-01-27T01:44:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 60211 2021-01-27T01:44:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 124242 2025-01-10T01:23:07.617921 application/epub+zip 124628 2025-01-10T01:23:04.022934 application/epub+zip 124628 2025-01-10T01:23:02.760945 application/epub+zip 252772 2025-01-10T01:23:10.129937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 239515 2025-01-10T01:23:06.917950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215403 2022-09-04T03:54:14.674611 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146298 146138 2025-01-10T01:23:01.326960 2023-10-03T10:11:55.737322 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 152212 2016-10-14T14:36:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 55882 2016-10-14T14:38:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 146088 2013-04-23T13:24:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 55180 2013-04-23T13:25:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21559 2025-01-10T01:23:10.256893 application/rdf+xml 13193 2025-01-10T01:23:03.310927 image/jpeg 3621 2025-01-10T01:23:03.033938 image/jpeg 120400 2025-01-10T01:23:02.082946 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia