Skin Game, The

By Galsworthy, John

Book Id: WPLBN0002954499
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File Size: 70.75 MB
Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Skin Game, The
Author:	Galsworthy, John
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Dramatic Works, Play, Fiction
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Skin Game, The
Historic Publication Date:	1920
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Galsworthy, B. J. (1920). Skin Game, The. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
A small play in three acts. A kind of comic tragedy. The plot tells the story of the interaction between two very different families in rural England just after the end of the First World War. Squire Hillcrist lives in the manor house where his family has lived for generations. He has a daughter, Jill, who is in her late teens; and a wife, Amy, as well as servants and retainers. He is old money, although his finances are at a bit of low ebb. The other family is the nouveau riche Hornblowers, headed by the single-minded and rich industrialist Hornblower, who throws old retainers the Jackmans out of their home (much to the Squire's disgust), and who plans to surround the Hillcrist's rural estate with factories. (Summary by catrose and Wikipedia)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Play, Fiction, Tragedy, Comedy