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Landed Gentry - A Comedy in Four Acts

W. Somerset Maugham

Publisher: Good Press

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'Landed Gentry: A Comedy in Four Acts' by W. Somerset Maugham is a witty and humorous play that begins its first act in the drawing room of Kenyon-Fulton, where the characters navigate the complicated social and class dynamics of the landed gentry. In this scene, the gamekeeper Gann is summoned by the master of the estate, Claude Insoley, to discuss Gann's daughter Peggy's recent troubles in London. Claude informs Gann that Peggy cannot stay on the estate due to the rules, which causes Gann to desperately plead for his daughter's fate.
Available since: 12/05/2019.
Print length: 213 pages.

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