Admirable Crichton: Play [Import] [Hardcover]

J.M. Barrie (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 142 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (December 1941)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340001577
• ISBN-13: 978-0340001578
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As absolutely wonderful read, May 28, 2003

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Admirable Crichton, The (Paperback)

I have been something of a fan of J.M. Barrie for a long time, and I was quite glad when this book fell into my hands. Barrie is mainly remembered today for his wonderful Peter Pan stories, but his literary talents extended far afield. He wrote this play in 1902 as a social commentary. In it, a haughty, Victorian family is presented, with their upstairs/downstairs, ironclad class prejudices, and no one is more of a supporter of this than their butler Crichton. But, when they are all shipwrecked on a desert island, a new social order is born - what was natural in England is unnatural on the island. And, if they should be rescued, what will happen then?

This play makes an absolutely wonderful read. Mr. Barrie included many sidebars and comments that make the play read just as well as a novel. If you are a fan of pre-1914 British literature (as I am), or just like a cracking good read, then I highly recommend that you get this book!