Project Gutenberg 2004-12-25 Public domain in the USA. 125 Macklin, Charles 1797 51006627 The Man of the World (1792) Augustan Reprint Society, publication number 26 Produced by David Starner, Charles Bidwell and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Man of the World" by Charles Macklin is a comedy written during the late 18th century. The play centers around the character of Sir Pertinax Macsycophant and explores themes of social ambition, personal integrity, and the complexities of familial and romantic relationships. The narrative delves into the moral dilemmas faced by the characters, particularly regarding love and duty. The opening of the play introduces us to a swirling social environment where the household's servants gossip about their masters' affairs, hinting at the romantic entanglements between Charles Egerton, who has adopted his mother's family name, and Constantia, a dependent orphan raised by Lady Macsycophant. As their attraction blossoms, there are underlying tensions with Sir Pertinax, who aims to marry Charles to Lady Rodolpha Lumbercourt for social elevation. Constantia struggles with her feelings of loyalty towards Lady Macsycophant, while the play sets the stage for dramatic developments surrounding the characters' desires and familial expectations. This dynamic interplay of relationships and comedic misadventures suggests a satire of the social mores of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en English drama -- 18th century PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 202510 2025-07-06T09:50:59.403842 text/html 202517 202393 2024-11-06T13:04:02.571794 2023-09-07T03:46:02.140648 text/html text/html 148591 2025-07-06T09:51:05.460823 application/epub+zip 150630 2025-07-06T09:51:01.891855 application/epub+zip 143333 2025-07-06T09:51:00.842840 application/epub+zip 286375 2025-07-06T09:51:07.989781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 259444 2025-07-06T09:51:04.807863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218750 2022-09-07T16:35:08.498298 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170152 2025-07-06T09:50:59.111823 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 150328 2024-10-28T21:32:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17373 2025-07-06T09:51:08.113816 application/rdf+xml 12526 2025-07-06T09:51:01.322816 image/jpeg 3571 2025-07-06T09:51:01.080874 image/jpeg 146035 2025-07-06T09:50:59.418885 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia