Comedies and farces

4 books

Making People HappyThompson Buchanan · 1917A 1917 comic novel by Thompson Buchanan about a young bride, Cicily Hamilton, who presides over the chaotic founding of a women's club in New York City, a group of eccentric society women dedicated to the uplift of woman and social equality.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Officer 666Barton Wood Currie · 1912Officer 666 is a 1912 comic novel by Barton Wood Currie, co-written with Augustin McHugh. It follows wealthy young Travers Gladwin's romantic adventures and misadventures involving police uniforms, mistaken identities, art theft, and a determined guardian aunt.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Pride and Prejudice, a play founded on Jane Austen's novelSteele MacKaye · 1906This 1906 work is a stage play adapted from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice, dramatizing the story of the Bennet family, whose daughters' marriage prospects are stirred by the arrival of wealthy Mr. Bingley and his proud friend Mr. Darcy.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York IdeaLangdon Elwyn Mitchell · 1906A 1906 edited collection presenting Langdon Elwyn Mitchell's comedy "The New York Idea," a satirical play about marriage and divorce among old New York society, with a foreword on the play's writing and productions and a critical notice by William Archer.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية