Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 178 Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860 1937 Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, J.M. What Every Woman Knows Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Every_Woman_Knows_(play) Text produced by David Moynihan, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "What Every Woman Knows" by J. M. Barrie is a play written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around the Wylie family, particularly focusing on the lives of the three brothers and their sister Maggie, exploring themes of love, gender roles, and societal expectations. The dynamics within the family highlight the struggles and aspirations of women in a male-dominated society, contrasted with the more traditional expectations of men. The opening of the play introduces us to the Wylie family in their Scotch home, where the brothers James and Alick are engaged in a game of dambrod while David, the more ambitious brother, enters after a public meeting. As the family shares light-hearted banter, it becomes clear that Maggie, the sole sister, harbors secret aspirations and feelings of unrequited love, particularly towards John Shand, a local student. The brothers are protective of her, while also contrasting her more romantical mind against their practical outlooks on life. Interactions among the siblings hint at deeper-underlying familial bonds and the complexities of Maggie's aspirations for love and recognition, setting the stage for the unfolding drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Comedy plays Man-woman relationships -- Drama PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 212164 2025-08-03T05:02:26.425509 text/html 218444 2021-01-27T04:51:50 text/html 151336 2025-08-03T05:02:33.219499 application/epub+zip 153254 2025-08-03T05:02:29.489534 application/epub+zip 141445 2025-08-03T05:02:28.310521 application/epub+zip 334921 2025-08-03T05:02:35.826496 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321399 2025-08-03T05:02:32.368515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271198 2022-09-03T08:16:13.136157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 169894 2025-08-03T05:02:25.758562 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169676 2016-10-14T14:24:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 167908 2013-04-23T14:09:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20428 2025-08-03T05:02:35.959459 application/rdf+xml 16973 2025-08-03T05:02:28.804540 image/jpeg 4546 2025-08-03T05:02:28.557522 image/jpeg 63559 2016-10-14T14:28:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 68199 2021-01-27T04:51:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 63291 2013-04-23T14:10:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 150915 2025-08-03T05:02:26.440550 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