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The Country Wife

Author : William Wycherley
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408179911
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Country Wife written by William Wycherley and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.' This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly satirical drama pokes fun at the humourless, the jealous, and the adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery, whose husband believes she is too naïve to cuckold him; and an anti-hero, Horner, who pretends to be impotent in order to have unrestrained access to the women keen on 'the sport'. A number of licentious and hypocritical women request Horner's services – the country wife among them. The Country Wife has provoked powerfully mixed reactions over the years. The seventeenth century libertine king Charles II saw it twice, and is said to have joined the 'dance of the cuckolds' at the end of one performance; the eighteenth century actor-playwright David Garrick declared it 'the most licentious play in the English language'; the Victorian Macaulay compared it to a skunk, because it was 'too filthy to handle and too noisome even to approach'. Twentieth century productions heralded it a Restoration masterpiece. Sexually frank, and as ready to criticise marriage as infidelity, the virtuosity, linguistic energy, brilliant wit, naughtiness and complexity of this ribald play have made it a staple of the modern stage. This student edition contains a lengthy, entirely new introduction, by leading scholar, Tiffany Stern, with a background on the author, structure, characters, genre, themes, original staging and performance history, as well as an updated bibliography and a fully annotated version of the playtext.

The Country Wife

Author : William Wycherley
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486828174
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book The Country Wife written by William Wycherley and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A notorious rake feins impotence to trick his way into the intimate company of married ladies in this comic masterpiece, which offers an enduring combination of cynicism, satire, and farce.

Delphi Complete Plays of William Wycherley (Illustrated)

Author : William Wycherley
Publisher : Delphi Classics
ISBN 13 : 1913487393
Total Pages : 986 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Delphi Complete Plays of William Wycherley (Illustrated) written by William Wycherley and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late seventeenth century playwright William Wycherley produced satirical and comic masterpieces, winning the admiration of his fellow writers, including John Dryden and William Congreve, who described him as “appointed to lash this crying age.” Following the restoration of Charles II, dramatists experienced new freedom in an age that broke from the strict morality of puritan rule and in which elegance and wit became the most prized of virtues. Irreverent, cynical and licentious, Wycherley’s works illuminate the many vices of these colourful times, satirising the widening disparity between appearances and reality. This comprehensive eBook presents Wycherley’s complete plays, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Wycherley’s life and works * Concise introductions to the plays * All the plays, with individual contents tables * Play texts based on W. C. Ward's 1893 unexpurgated edition * Includes the original footnotes - ideal for students * Features rare poems appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Features two biographies – discover Wycherley’s intriguing life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Plays Love in a Wood (1671) The Gentleman Dancing Master (1673) The Country Wife (1675) The Plain Dealer (1676) The Poetry Hero and Leander (1669) Epistle to the King (1682) Epistle to the Duke (1682) The Dedication to the Greatest Friend of the Muses, Vanity (1704) The Author to the Bookseller (1704) Upon the Discretion of Folly (1704) Upon the Most Useful Knowledge, Craft or Cunning (1704) A Song against Delays in Love (1704) In Vindication of Simplicity and Good Nature (1704) The Biographies William Wycherley (1893) by Thomas Babington Macaulay William Wycherley (1900) by George Atherton Aitken Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

The Country Wife and Other Plays

Author : William Wycherley
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191611425
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Country Wife and Other Plays written by William Wycherley and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humour, vivid characterization, and social criticism.Love in a Wood, a lively comedy of intrigue, established him as a brilliant new dramatist.The Gentleman Dancing-Master, in contrast, disappointed contemporary audiences, but the central relationship between Hippolyta and Gerrard features an original and sympathetic study of a young woman's attitudes and feelings. The Country Wife is a sharp but also highly amusing attack on social and sexual hypocrisy. The Plain Dealer, a powerful dramatic satire loosely based on Moliere's Le Misanthrope, continues and enlarges Wycherley's assault on greed and corruption. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction, a note on staging, and detailed annotation. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Country Wife and Other Plays

Author : William Wycherley
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192834546
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Country Wife and Other Plays written by William Wycherley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humour, vivid characterization, and social criticism.Love in a Wood, a lively comedy of intrigue, established him as a brilliant new dramatist.The Gentleman Dancing-Master, in contrast, disappointed contemporary audiences,but the central relationship between Hippolyta and Gerrard features an original and sympathetic study of a young woman's attitudes and feelings. The Country Wife is a sharp but also highly amusing attack on social and sexual hypocrisy. The Plain Dealer, a powerful dramatic satire loosely based onMoliere's Le Misanthrope, continues and enlarges Wycherley's assault on greed and corruption.Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction, a note on staging, and detailed annotation.

The Country Wife

Author : William Wycherley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849438110
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book The Country Wife written by William Wycherley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2004-10-19 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new version of William Wycherley 's most famous classic, The Country Wife has been adapted by Tanika Gupta, one of the country 's leading playwrights. This contemporary farce tells the story of twenty-something friends and rivals on their journey through love and liberation. Following Hardeep 's return to London he begins broadcasting his newly invented celibate state in a bid to attract women keen to reignite his passion for them. With this deception more than successful his endeavours turn to the naive country wife, Preethi, Alok's virgin bride to settle unfinished business between old friends. A fast paced comedy laced with deception, disguise and lustful behaviour brought about by double standards, adultery and promiscuous living. Country Wife was performed at the Watford Palace theatre in October 2004

The Country Girl

Author : William Wycherley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Country Girl written by William Wycherley and published by . This book was released on 1791 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Works; Containing Plain-dealer, Country-wife, Gentleman-dancing-master [and] Love in a Wood

Author : William Wycherley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Works; Containing Plain-dealer, Country-wife, Gentleman-dancing-master [and] Love in a Wood by : William Wycherley

Download or read book Works; Containing Plain-dealer, Country-wife, Gentleman-dancing-master [and] Love in a Wood written by William Wycherley and published by . This book was released on 1713 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

How to Shovel Manure and Other Life Lessons for the Country Woman

Author : Gwen Petersen
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1616739827
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)

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Book Synopsis How to Shovel Manure and Other Life Lessons for the Country Woman by : Gwen Petersen

Download or read book How to Shovel Manure and Other Life Lessons for the Country Woman written by Gwen Petersen and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s not a job you want to take on without a sense of humor. Oops--it’s not a job at all. It’s an all-encompassing life, being a country woman on the ranch or farm, and with wit and equanimity like Gwen Petersen’s, it can be survived. In fact, with Petersen’s help, it can be drop-dead hilarious. A much-loved cowgirl scribe in rare form, Petersen eases us through the rigors of country living, from raising chickens to shoveling manure to cooking Rocky Mountain oysters. You’d think midwifing a calf was no laughing matter--until Gwen steps in with her expert advice. She has wise counsel for sharing the yard with a gaggle of ill-tempered geese; step-by-step instructions for harvesting pig manure; and sound advice for staying cool through haying season and coping with the chaos of Christmas on the ranch or farm. For good measure, the book includes poems and recipes that will transport you to a country state of mind--whether you hail from the city’s busiest streets or the ranch’s quietest gravel roads. Equal parts handy how-to advice, rural humor, philosophy, and fond farm nostalgia, How to Shovel Manure and Other Life Lessons for the Country Woman is all good.

The Perception of Men and Women and the Aspect of Misogyny in William Wycherley's the Country Wife

Author : Claudia Wipprecht
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638814068
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (388 download)

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Download or read book The Perception of Men and Women and the Aspect of Misogyny in William Wycherley's the Country Wife written by Claudia Wipprecht and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Erfurt (Philosophische Fakultät), course: Restoration Comedy, 4 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The re-opening of the theatres in 1660 after 18 years of banishment announced a rebirth for English drama. The following period was called Restoration and was quite popular primarily for the sexual explicitness, which was highly encouraged by Charles II. Socially diverse audiences watched the crowded and bustling plays. "Variety and dizzying changes are typical of Restoration comedy" (http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_comedy). The era of Restoration comedy culminated twice: in the mid-1670s with aristocratic comedies and in the mid-1690s with the acceptance of a wider audience. The comedies of these two times are extremely different from each other. William Wycherley's works are an example of the gold 1670s era and are quite 'hard' representing ceaseless machinations and conquest in an aristocratic macho lifestyle. The play that is going to be examined was written in 1675 and mirrors an aristocratic and anti-Puritan ideology. It is based on different plays by Molière with some added features like colloquial prose dialogue, a complicated, bustling plot gallimaufry, and many sex jokes. It contains two insensitive plot devices: a libertine pretending being impotent in order to have secret affairs with married women and a young country wife discovering the pleasures of city life, especially the spellbinding men. The play itself was a subject to elaborate praise and moral outrage. A lot of critics appreciated the linguistic energy and wit. Nowadays the original play is a stage favorite again, especially due to the linguistic finesse, the incisive social satire, and the openness to different interpretations.

The Country Wife

Author : William Wycherley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Country Wife written by William Wycherley and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Author : John Gottman, Ph.D.
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0609899538
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work written by John Gottman, Ph.D. and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2002-02-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as Masters and Johnson were pioneers in the study of human sexuality, so Dr. John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage. As a professor of psychology at the University of Washington and the founder and director of the Seattle Marital and Family Institute, he has studied the habits of married couples in unprecedented detail over the course of many years. His findings, and his heavily attended workshops, have already turned around thousands of faltering marriages. This book is the culmination of his life's work: the seven principles that guide couples on the path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship. Straightforward in their approach, yet profound in their effect, these principles teach partners new and startling strategies for making their marriage work. Gottman helps couples focus on each other, on paying attention to the small day-to-day moments that, strung together, make up the heart and soul of any relationship. Being thoughtful about ordinary matters provides spouses with a solid foundation for resolving conflict when it does occur and finding strategies for living with those issues that cannot be resolved. Packed with questionnaires and exercises whose effectiveness has been proven in Dr. Gottman's workshops, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work is the definitive guide for anyone who wants their relationship to attain its highest potential. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work is the result of Dr. John Gottman's many years of closely observing thousands of marriages. This kind of longitudinal research has never been done before. Based on his findings, he has culled seven principles essential to the success of any marriage. Maintain a love map. Foster fondness and admiration. Turn toward instead of away. Accept influence. Solve solvable conflicts. Cope with conflicts you can't resolve. Create shared meaning. Dr. Gottman's unique questionnaires and exercises will guide couples on the road to revitalizing their marriage, or making a strong one even better.

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Author : Oliver Sacks
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593466683
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat written by Oliver Sacks and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his most extraordinary book, the bestselling author of Awakenings and "poet laureate of medicine” (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients inhabiting the compelling world of neurological disorders, from those who are no longer able to recognize common objects to those who gain extraordinary new skills. Featuring a new preface, Oliver Sacks’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with perceptual and intellectual disorders: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; whose limbs seem alien to them; who lack some skills yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. In Dr. Sacks’s splendid and sympathetic telling, his patients are deeply human and his tales are studies of struggles against incredible adversity. A great healer, Sacks never loses sight of medicine’s ultimate responsibility: “the suffering, afflicted, fighting human subject.”

Death and the Maiden

Author : Ariel Dorfman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0140246843
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Death and the Maiden written by Ariel Dorfman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1994-12-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Suspenseful, riveting . . . Achieves a universality that is movingly personal.” —The New York Times The explosively provocative, award-winning drama set in a country that has just emerged from a totalitarian dictatorship Gerardo Escobar has just been chosen to head the commission that will investigate the crimes of the old regime when his car breaks down and he is picked up by the humane doctor Roberto Miranda. But in the voice of this good Samaritan, Gerardo's wife, Paulina Salas, thinks she recognizes another man—the one who raped and tortured her as she lay blindfolded in a military detention center years before. Relentlessly paced and filled with lethal surprises, Death and the Maiden is an inquest into the darker side of humanity—one in which everyone is implicated and justice itself comes to seem like a fragile, perhaps ambiguous invention.

The School for Husbands

Author : Molière
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The School for Husbands written by Molière and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The School for Husbands" by Molière. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Comedy of Errors

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Comedy of Errors written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Man of Mode

Author : George Etherege
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0713681934
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book The Man of Mode written by George Etherege and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-10-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised reprint of this classic drama text with the addition of anew section on Recent Stage History and Critical Interpretation.