# Mary Rose

Author: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

Genre: Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71067

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Mary+Rose+Barrie&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_The scene is a room in a small Sussex manor house that has long been for sale. It is such a silent room that whoever speaks first here is a bold one, unless indeed he merely mutters to himself, which they perhaps allow. All of this room’s past which can be taken away has gone. Such light as there is comes from the only window, which is at the back and is incompletely shrouded in sacking. For a moment this is a mellow light, and if a photograph could be taken quickly we might find a disturbing smile on the room’s face, perhaps like the Mona Lisa’s, which came, surely, of her knowing what only the dead should know. There are two doors, one leading downstairs; the other is at the back, very...

## Chapters

- [ACT I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-rose-71067/chapters/1/index.md)
- [ACT II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-rose-71067/chapters/2/index.md)
- [ACT III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-rose-71067/chapters/3/index.md)
- [did. They said there was such a joy on her face as she slept that it](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-rose-71067/chapters/4/index.md)