The Admirable Crichton
by J. M. Barrie
- First published
- 1918
- Reading level
- Easy
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The Admirable Crichton" by J. M. Barrie is a comic stage play written in 1902. When an aristocratic British family and their butler are shipwrecked on a deserted island, the rigid class system they knew reverses dramatically. Crichton, the capable servant, becomes the natural leader while his former masters struggle to survive. As two years pass and romance blooms across class lines, rescue threatens to upend their new social order. Can they return to their old lives after everything has changed?
- Manners and customs
- Shipwrecks
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #3490. The Admirable Crichton on Wikipedia.
