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Six Short Plays, by John Galsworthy.
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4057729519
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Six Short Plays:
The First and The Last
The Little Man
Hall-marked
Defeat
The Sun
Punch and Go
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The First and the Last, by John Galsworthy.
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4022553518
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Very reminiscent of Camille, but different on the whole. Honour vs name, honesty vs security, love vs caution, ... !
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May 26, 2021 - May 26, 2021.
Purchased June 08, 2021.
Kindle Edition, 55 pages
Published May 17th 2012
(first published 1919)
Original TitleThe First and the Last
ASIN:- B0084B2ZXM
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The Little Man, by John Galsworthy.
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4057302293
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To begin with, Goodreads information page for the book claims it was "(first published June 15th 1997) "; this seems nonsense.
Galsworthy was writing early twentieth century, and if he wrote at the end or if something were discovered as late as 1997, that would be news.
A very quick search for a first edition tells you of one published 1915, so this work was obviously first published then or earlier.
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Galsworthy attempts a delightful comedy in this spoof with typecast rather than caricatures of nationalities in a few characters brought together on a journey and dealing with circumstances.
The most delightful of the lot are the Dutch and English.
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June 13, 2021 - June 14, 2021.
Purchased June 08, 2021.
Kindle Edition, 32 pages
Published May 17th 2012
(first published
June 15th 1997) ???
(1915, or earlier)
ASIN:- B0084B2YCY
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Hall Marked, by John Galsworthy.
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4057615235
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She has saved their dogs from the fight they might have carried on to grievous end, is attractive and well situated and competent; but, uncertain if she's married, they leave her home with barely a thank you, without being civil to the new neighbour - all because she forgot her wedding ring in the bathroom when she cleaned herself after tending to their wounded dog!
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June 14, 2021 - June 14, 2021.
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Defeat, by John Galsworthy.
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Humanity, during wartime, back home and between strangers.
"GIRL. Defeat! Der Vaterland! Defeat!. . . . One shillin'!
"[Then suddenly, in the moonlight, she sits up, and begins to sing with all her might "Die Wacht am Rhein." And outside men pass, singing: "Rule, Britannia!"]"
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June 14, 2021 - June 14, 2021.
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The Sun, by John Galsworthy.
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4057639733
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When a soldier comes home to find he's too late, his girl has been with another who came home wounded and is willing to fight for her - only, the one who came late isn't only unwilling to fight, but is unwilling to let anything spoil his happiness about being back safe, which spoils it for the one itching to fight! And for her, too.
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June 14, 2021 - June 14, 2021.
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Punch and Go: A Little Comedy by John Galsworthy.
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4057719694
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About travails of work required to make theatre performance work, before performers come on stage; about beauty and love passing, unseen, unnoticed, while an academic attempts writing about it; about a producer, financier or theatre owner insisting on a piece with lower taste, in name of giving public what they want.
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June 14, 2021 - June 14, 2021.
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May 26, 2021 - June 14, 2021.
Purchased June 08, 2021.
Kindle Edition, 79 pages
Published May 16th 2012
(first published 1921)
Original Title
SIX SHORT PLAYS
(MODERN PLAYS S)
ASIN:- B008473NT6
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