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The title: a comedy in three acts is a sparkling domestic comedy unfolds in a well-appointed sitting room where siblings' banter wittily over family quirks and wartime scarcities, soon entangled in debates over accepting a prestigious baronetcy. As a visiting friend arrives bearing articles under a sharp pseudonym questioning titles merit, parental health concerns and generational clashes ignite humorous tensions between tradition and modernity.

Themes of social vanity versus genuine worth prevail, satirizing honours allure amid upheaval while probing class pretensions, familial duty clashing with personal ambition, and meritocracy straining against hereditary privilege. The lively dialogue captures absurd societal rituals, merit judged by pseudonymous critique, and identity crises sparked by elevated status, blending farce with insightful commentary on human foibles under pressures of change and recognition.

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ISBN: 9789378309830
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Author: Arnold Bennett
Publisher: Double 9 Books an imprint of Double9 Books Llp
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 70 pages
Genres: Action Adventure

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