When a Man's Single
The story revolves around the life of a young man who has been left a large sum of money by an unknown benefactor. He decides to use this inheritance to travel and experience new things, but ultimately realizes that true happiness comes from relationships and connections with others.
By James Matthew Barrie · First published 1892 · Genre: Fiction, Romance, Comedy · 19 chapters · 82,907 words
First lines
One still Saturday afternoon some years ago a child pulled herself through a small window into a kitchen in the kirk-wynd of Thrums. She came from the old graveyard, whose only outlet, when the parish church gate is locked, is the windows of the wynd houses that hoop it round. Squatting on a three-legged stool she gazed wistfully at a letter on the chimney-piece, and then, tripping to the door, looked up and down the wynd.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: James Matthew Barrie
- Date: 1892 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Fiction, Romance, Comedy, Social Commentary, Drama
- Length: 82,907 words
- Structure: 19 chapters, 1,931 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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Genres
- Fiction — The book is a work of narrative prose that tells a story about characters and events that are not real.
- Romance — The plot involves romantic relationships and the pursuit of love.
- Comedy — The writing style and plot include humorous elements and situations.
- Social Commentary — The book explores and critiques social norms and issues of its time.
Tags
Literary Fiction · Social Commentary · Marriage · Relationships · Love · Romance · Comedy of Manners · Satire · Class Satire · British Literature · Victorian Era · Realism
Contents
- Rob Angus is not a Free Man
- Rob Becomes Free
- Rob Goes out into the World
- 'the Scorn of Scorns'
- Rob Marches to his Fate
- The One Woman
- The Grand Passion?
- In Fleet Street
- Mr. Noble Simms
- The Wigwam
- Rob is Struck Down
- The Stupid Sex
- The House-Boat 'Tawny Owl'
- Mary of the Stony Heart
- Colonel Abinger Takes Command
- The Barber of Rotten Row
- Rob Pulls himself Together
- The Audacity of Rob Angus
- The Verdict of Thrums
More by James Matthew Barrie
- Peter Pan (1911)
- Margaret Ogilvy (1888)
- Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906)
- David and I Set Forth Upon a Journey (1917)
- The Little Nursery Governess (1871)
- Her Marriage, her Clothes, her Appetite, and an Inventory of Her (1908)
- A Night-Piece (1895)
- The Fight for Timothy (1912)
- All works by James Matthew Barrie