Project Gutenberg 2017-05-12 Public domain in the USA. 143 Dell, Floyd 1887 1969 Sweet and Twenty: A Comedy in One Act E-text prepared by MFR, Nahum Maso i Carcases, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Sweet and Twenty: A Comedy in One Act" by Floyd Dell is a one-act play written during the early 20th century. The play captures a lighthearted exploration of love and relationships, set against the backdrop of a cherry orchard on a country estate that is being shown to potential buyers. Through witty dialogue and humorous misunderstandings, the narrative delves into the complexities of romantic attraction and societal expectations regarding marriage. The storyline revolves around two characters, a young woman and a young man, who meet serendipitously while both are exploring the property. Initially, they both believe they are in relationships with other people, which leads to a series of comedic confusions and declarations of love. As they engage in a playful battle over their feelings and societal conventions, they uncover their mutual attraction and challenge each other’s assumptions about commitment. However, the arrival of an agent reveals familial arrangements aimed at ensuring their marriage, adding an unexpected twist to their budding relationship as they weigh the nature of love against the pressures of expectation. The play ultimately emphasizes the conflict between the freedom of love and the constraints of social institutions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Comedy plays One-act plays American drama -- 20th century PS Text Category: Romance Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 81545 2025-07-22T04:06:42.879083 text/html 59763 2024-10-23T02:05:12 text/html 259764 2025-07-22T04:06:45.865116 application/epub+zip 258495 2025-07-22T04:06:43.515137 application/epub+zip 85079 2025-07-22T04:06:43.185081 application/epub+zip 300832 2025-07-22T04:06:47.573100 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171508 2025-07-22T04:06:45.552074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115724 2022-09-24T22:50:09.564418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 58381 2025-07-22T04:06:42.581123 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38419 2024-10-23T02:05:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16928 2025-07-22T04:06:47.698110 application/rdf+xml 17996 2025-07-22T04:06:43.261083 image/jpeg 3094 2025-07-22T04:06:43.222099 image/jpeg 231649 2025-07-22T04:06:42.896117 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