The Admirable Crichton. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson

The Admirable Crichton. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson

Author: J M 1860-1937 Barrie

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781021241559

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A humorous play by J.M. Barrie, famous for his creation of the character Peter Pan. The play follows the fortunes of an upper-class family who become stranded on a desert island, and must learn to survive with the help of their resourceful servant, Crichton. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton

Author: James Matthew Barrie

Publisher:

Published: 1918

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13:

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When a family of English aristocrats are marooned on a tropical isle, it soon becomes clear that only one of them is resourceful enough to ensure their survival, their butler, Crichton.


The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton

Author: James Matthew Barrie

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780192839190

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In addition to the ever-popular "Peter Pan", J.M. Barrie also wrote social comedy and political satire. "The Admirable Crichton and "What Every Woman Knows" are shrewd contributions to the politics of class and gender, while "Mary Rose" is one of the best ghost stories written for the stage.


Rising Sun: A Novel

Rising Sun: A Novel

Author: Michael Crichton

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2012-08-28

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0345538978

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes this riveting thriller of corporate intrigue and cutthroat competition between American and Japanese business interests. “As well built a thrill machine as a suspense novel can be.”—The New York Times Book Review On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto tower in downtown Los Angeles—the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate—a grand opening celebration is in full swing. On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the corpse of a beautiful young woman is discovered. The investigation immediately becomes a headlong chase through a twisting maze of industrial intrigue, a no-holds-barred conflict in which control of a vital American technology is the fiercely coveted prize—and in which the Japanese saying “Business is war” takes on a terrifying reality. “A grand maze of plot twists . . . Crichton’s gift for spinning a timely yarn is going to be enough, once again, to serve a current tenant of the bestseller list with an eviction notice.”—New York Daily News “The action in Rising Sun unfolds at a breathless pace.”—Business Week


Travels

Travels

Author: Michael Crichton

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2012-05-14

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 0307816494

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From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a deeply personal memoir full of fascinating adventures as he travels everywhere from the Mayan pyramids to Kilimanjaro. Fueled by a powerful curiosity—and by a need to see, feel, and hear, firsthand and close-up—Michael Crichton's journeys have carried him into worlds diverse and compelling—swimming with mud sharks in Tahiti, tracking wild animals through the jungle of Rwanda. This is a record of those travels—an exhilarating quest across the familiar and exotic frontiers of the outer world, a determined odyssey into the unfathomable, spiritual depths of the inner world. It is an adventure of risk and rejuvenation, terror and wonder, as exciting as Michael Crichton's many masterful and widely heralded works of fiction.


Peter Pan and Other Plays

Peter Pan and Other Plays

Author: J. M. Barrie

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Published: 1995-05-18

Total Pages: 828

ISBN-13: 0191505692

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As well as being the author of the greatest of all children's plays, Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie also wrote sophisticated social comedy and political satire. The Admirable Crichton and What Every Woman Knows are shrewd and entertaining contributions to the politics of class and gender, while Mary Rose is one of the best ghost stories written for the stage.


Second Star to the Right

Second Star to the Right

Author: Lester D. Friedman

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2008-11-28

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 0813546222

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Over a century after its first stage performance, Peter Pan has become deeply embedded in Western popular culture, as an enduring part of childhood memories, in every part of popular media, and in commercial enterprises. Since 2003 the characters from this story have had a highly visible presence in nearly every genre of popular culture: two major films, a literary sequel to the original adventures, a graphic novel featuring a grown-up Wendy Darling, and an Argentinean novel about a children's book writer inspired by J. M. Barrie. Simultaneously, Barrie surfaced as the subject of two major biographies and a feature film. The engaging essays in Second Star to the Right approach Pan from literary, dramatic, film, television, and sociological perspectives and, in the process, analyze his emergence and preservation in the cultural imagination.


The Lost World and Other Stories

The Lost World and Other Stories

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9781853262456

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The protagonist of these stories is the maddening, irascible and fascinating Professor George Edward Challenger. In these collected tales he faces adventures such as that high above the Amazon rain forest in "The Lost World" and the challenges of"The Land of Mist."