Name: Penelope; A Comedy in Three Acts
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
ISBN: 9781548198411

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Penelope; A Comedy in Three Acts

By W. Somerset Maugham 12 May, 2020

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A drawing-room in O’Farrell’s house in John Street. It is very prettily but not extravagantly furnished. The O’Farrells are a young married couple of modest income. It is between six and seven in the evening. Peyton, a neat parlor-maid, opens t ... Read more

A drawing-room in O’Farrell’s house in John Street. It is very prettily but not extravagantly furnished. The O’Farrells are a young married couple of modest income. It is between six and seven in the evening. Peyton, a neat parlor-maid, opens the door and shows in Mr. Davenport Barlow. Barlow is a short, self-important person of middle age. He is very bald, red in the face, and wears a small, neatly curled moustache; he is dressed in the height of fashion. His manner is fussy and pompous. He comes forward as though he expected to find someone in the room. Seeing that it is empty, he stops and looks at Peyton. He cannot make out why there is no one to receive him. Less

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W. Somerset Maugham

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William Somerset Maugham CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highe...

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