The Skin Game (Unabridged)

John Galsworthy

Description

A small play in three acts. A kind of comic tragedy. The plot tells the story of the interaction between two very different families in rural England just after the end of the First World War. Squire Hillcrist lives in the manor house where his family has lived for generations. He has a daughter, Jill, who is in her late teens; and a wife, Amy, as well as servants and retainers. He is "old money", although his finances are at a bit of low ebb. The other family is the "nouveau riche" Hornblowers, headed by the single-minded and rich industrialist Hornblower, who throws old retainers the Jackmans out of their home (much to the Squire's disgust), and who plans to surround the Hillcrist's rural estate with factories.

Sujets

• Humor

Informations

• Publié par: Slingshot Books LLC
• Date de parution: 25 septembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350026580
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 100 Mo

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