A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy by J. M. Barrie
"A Kiss for Cinderella: A Comedy" by J. M. Barrie is a play first produced in 1916. During World War I London, a young charwoman named Jane Thing cares for refugee orphans while dreaming of attending a royal ball like Cinderella. When a suspicious policeman investigates her activities, he discovers her innocent devotion to the fairy tale. The story blends wartime hardship with fantasy as Jane's dreams and reality intertwine, leading to
an unexpected romance and revelations about identity and social class. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937 |
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| Title | A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy |
| Original Publication | United States: Charles Scribner's Sons,1920,pubdate 1923. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Kiss_for_Cinderella |
| Credits | Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
| Subject | London (England) -- Drama |
| Subject | Fantasy drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 69817 |
| Release Date | Jan 16, 2023 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 19, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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