Three Restoration Comedies

Fiction & Literature, Drama, British & Irish, Nonfiction, Entertainment
Cover of the book Three Restoration Comedies by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley, Penguin Books Ltd
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley ISBN: 9780141937748
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: November 24, 2005
Imprint: Penguin Language: English
Author: William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
ISBN: 9780141937748
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: November 24, 2005
Imprint: Penguin
Language: English

After the restoration of King Charles II to the British throne in 1660, dramatists experienced new freedom in an age that broke from the strict morality of puritan rule and in which elegance and wit became the chief virtues. Irreverent, licentious and cynical, the three plays collected here hold up a mirror to this dazzling era and satirize the gulf between appearances and reality. In Etherege's The Man of Mode (1676), the womanizing Dorimant meets his match when he falls in love with the unpretentious Harriet, while Wycherley's The Country Wife (c. 1675) depicts the rakish Horner who fakes impotence to fool trusting husbands into giving him easy access to their wives. And in Congreve's Love for Love (1695), the extravagant Valentine can only win his beloved Angelica if he loses his inheritance.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

After the restoration of King Charles II to the British throne in 1660, dramatists experienced new freedom in an age that broke from the strict morality of puritan rule and in which elegance and wit became the chief virtues. Irreverent, licentious and cynical, the three plays collected here hold up a mirror to this dazzling era and satirize the gulf between appearances and reality. In Etherege's The Man of Mode (1676), the womanizing Dorimant meets his match when he falls in love with the unpretentious Harriet, while Wycherley's The Country Wife (c. 1675) depicts the rakish Horner who fakes impotence to fool trusting husbands into giving him easy access to their wives. And in Congreve's Love for Love (1695), the extravagant Valentine can only win his beloved Angelica if he loses his inheritance.

More books from Penguin Books Ltd

Cover of the book Jake Cake: The Football Beast by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book Sound Bites by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book Turner's Paintbox by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book Selected Poems: Tennyson by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book Letters to my Fanny by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book What Maisie Knew by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book Blood of Kings by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book Ladybird Tales: Dick Whittington by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book To Be Read at Dusk by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book Collected Stories by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu) by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book Daisy All Alone by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book Cannibal Jack by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book Poems and Letters by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
Cover of the book Carl Williams by William Congreve, George Etherege, William Wycherley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy