Project Gutenberg 2010-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 278 Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860 1937 Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, J.M. Quality Street: A Comedy Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_Street_(play) Produced by Al Haines "Quality Street: A Comedy" by J. M. Barrie is a play written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around the lives of the Misses Susan and Phoebe Throssel, two aging sisters living in the quaint town of Quality Street during the Napoleonic Wars. As they navigate their genteel existence and romantic hopes, central themes of love, aging, and societal expectations emerge within the quaint yet comical backdrop of their interactions and the local characters. The opening of the play introduces the setting of the sisters' home, a blue and white room that evokes a sense of nostalgia and simplicity, and presents their interactions with other local unmarried ladies. As they share gossip while sewing and reading, hints of romance and longing surface, particularly with Phoebe's admiration for a gentleman recruit named Valentine Brown. Their discussions take a lighthearted approach towards their unmarried status and delve into the modest lives they lead. The dialogue reveals elements of humor, camaraderie, and the bittersweet reality of their feminine aspirations within the constraints imposed by society and time, setting the stage for the developments that follow as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Comedy plays Courtship -- Drama Sisters -- Drama Single women -- Drama Women teachers -- Drama PR Text Category: Romance Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 188697 2025-08-13T03:44:02.983296 text/html 182445 2021-01-06T03:54:00 text/html 133890 2025-08-13T03:44:09.570246 application/epub+zip 135588 2025-08-13T03:44:05.839287 application/epub+zip 122975 2025-08-13T03:44:04.601295 application/epub+zip 271547 2025-08-13T03:44:12.041387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267446 2025-08-13T03:44:08.903250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218292 2022-09-14T11:02:32.071141 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144211 2025-08-13T03:44:02.054309 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 144063 2021-01-06T03:54:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19850 2025-08-13T03:44:12.243234 application/rdf+xml 13941 2025-08-13T03:44:05.228265 image/jpeg 3958 2025-08-13T03:44:04.970250 image/jpeg 55290 2021-01-06T03:54:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 52292 2021-01-06T03:54:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 130002 2025-08-13T03:44:02.997268 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