Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
Bezig met laden... Quality Street (1901)door J. M. Barrie
Geen Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I adore the Katharine Hepburn film so I was hoping for a novel. This is a script and all froth and nonsense, quite like the film but without the energetic and wry charm of it's leading characters. I do like the Susan of the play more than the movie though. ( ) J. M. Barrie (b. 1860), the author of Peter Pan, wrote one of my preferred plays. It is called Quality Street *** What happened to women during the Napoleonic wars? They were impoverished and they had to work. For the middle class of the time, it was shameful for a woman to have a job: she should stay at home and be supported by a husband. That feeling persisted throughout the Victorian era and ended...soon after the Second World War. I once met in France a widow of WWII who had to quit her native small town to be able to work: her middle class family opposed it; they thought that living from their charitable donations was more respectable than working. This makes of Quality Street one of the most important books a teen can read. In the play, a woman who has been forced to work (she became a teacher) is so ashamed when the man she loves returns from the war, that she disguises herself as a younger imaginary sister, and behaves likes the good society would like her to. But the soldier has seen a lot and does not approve. It is exciting reading, even today and it has such deep roots in history. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Heeft de bewerking
Classic Literature.
Drama.
Fiction.
Humor (Fiction.)
HTML: In this play from Peter Pan writer J. M. Barrie, sisters Susan and Phoebe Throssell are in dire financial straits and decide to establish a school in order to pay the bills. When a long-lost lover comes back into the picture, Phoebe can't resist tormenting him by creating a flirtatious alter ego. What will become of this strange love triangle? .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... WaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |