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The Admirable Crichton: A Play by J. M. Barrie app for iPhone and iPad


4.5 ( 5175 ratings )
Entertainment Book
Developer: Matthew Szenher
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 26 Mar 2009
App size: 122.24 Kb

“The Admirable Crichton” is a play written by J. M. Barrie in 1902 which explores the class system in late Victorian Britain society. It tells the story of an aristocratic family shipwrecked on a remote island. The familys butler, Crichton, naturally rises to a leadership role during their stay.

The play was performed in London and on Broadway in the early twentieth centery. It has been adapted several times for television.

HOW TO USE THE EBOOK:
You can read through the text with the following commands:
+When reading an act, swipe to the left to go to the next page.
+Swipe to the right to go to the previous page.
+Double-tap the screen to move to the beginning of an act.
+Click on Start where I left off... to continue reading at the point at which you last closed the eBook.

The eBook application allows you to change the texts font type, color and size as well as the color of the background. These settings will be saved when the application is closed and automatically applied when the eBook is opened again.

The application keeps track of your current position in the text as you read and saves this position when you close the application. Upon relaunching the application, you can easily resume reading at the position of this virtual bookmark.

These instructions are repeated in the eBook application.

Please note that when you first open an act, the application takes two or three seconds to perform certain initialization operations before the text appears. The same is true when you change font and/or color settings.

Languages: English

Requirements:
Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
Requires iPhone 2.2 Software Update
iPhone OS 3.0 Tested