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portada What Every Woman Knows (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
86
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.2 x 0.5 cm
Weight
0.14 kg.
ISBN13
9789357480383

What Every Woman Knows (in English)

J. M. Barrie (Author) · Double 9 Books · Paperback

What Every Woman Knows (in English) - Barrie, J. M.

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Synopsis "What Every Woman Knows (in English)"

J. M. Barrie wrote the four-act drama What Every Woman Knows. At the Duke of York's Theatre in London, showman Charles Frohman gave it its debut performance. Maggie Wylies, a plain young woman who they worry will stay a spinster, is the daughter of a wealthy but ignorant Scottish family. The Wylies learn one night that John Shand, a responsible young university student, has been breaking into their house to read books from their extensive collection. Shand is indigent and unable to afford to purchase the textbooks he needs for law school. Maggie Wylie and John Shand agree: if he agrees to marry her after five years, her family would pay for his schooling. Maggie utilizes her skills and contacts to quietly work behind the scenes to help John win the election after realizing her husband's desire to become a member of parliament. She keeps advancing his career without ever letting him realize that she is the driving force behind his success. In the end, he marries Lady Sybil Lazenby, a young Englishwoman who is stunning, elegant, and well-born.
J. M. Barrie
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J.M. Barrie (Kirriemuir, Escocia, 1860 - Londres, 1937) fue un escritor y dramaturgo escocés conocido especialmente por ser el creador de Peter Pan. Nacido en el seno de una familia de artesanos de escasos recursos, tuvo una infancia feliz hasta que la muerte de un hermano, cuando él contaba apenas seis años de edad, alteró profundamente la vida familiar y trastornó la salud mental de su madre, que se convirtió en una persona desequilibrada, autoritaria e inflexible, cuya influencia y recuerdo pesó para siempre sobre James. El principal anhelo de Barrie durante el resto de su vida fue recuperar la felicidad de sus primeros años y mantuvo siempre un matiz infantil en su personalidad. En Londres alcanzó la fama con sus novelas y obras de teatro. Además, fue allí donde conoció a los hijos de la familia Llewelyn Davies, fuente de inspiración para escribir Peter Pan, la obra de teatro sobre un chico que no quería crecer y sobre Wendy, su compañera de aventuras en Nunca Jamás. Años más tarde la convirtió en novela: Peter y Wendy fue un auténtico fenómeno en la era eduardiana, la Belle Époque británica que aunó los años de inocencia, hedonismo y despreocupación previos a la primera guerra mundial.
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