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The Comedies of William Congreve: The Old Batchelour, Love for Love, The Double Dealer, The Way of the World ...
William Congreve

Cambridge University Press, 1982

The career of William Congreve as comic dramatist was brief but highly successful. From the beginning he showed a useful knack for cultivating influential literary friends and for giving audiences what they were sure to like. Early in 1693, his first comedy, The Old Batchelour, pleased the public at Drury Lane, and critics hailed the appearance of a new talent in the theatre who gave a sharp edge to the theatrical conventions at the time. Much ...

Collected Works of William Congreve
William Congreve

BiblioBazaar, 2007

The Double-Dealer; The Way of the World; Incognita

The way of the world;: Comedy in five acts
William Congreve

Heritage Press, 1959

Incognita (Hesperus Classics)
William Congreve

Hesperus Press, 2003

Returning to Florence on the occasion of his 18th birthday, Aurelian?together with his sworn companion Hippolito?dons his disguise in anticipation of the most famous Florentine ball. Once there, the two are soon separated, and each finds himself paired off with a beautiful?and masked?woman. While Aurelian yearns to learn the true identity of his ?love,? Hippolito is mistaken for another and brazenly plays along with the conceit. Chaos abounds as ...

The Works of Mr. Congreve: Volume 1. Containing: The Old Bachelor; The Double Dealer; Love for Love. To Which ...
William Congreve

BookSurge Publishing, 2001

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1788 edition published in London.

The Way of the World (Dover Thrift Editions)

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William Congreve

Dover Publications, 1994

One of the greatest plays of all time
"The Way of the World" is a true masterpiece of wit and social commentary. It anticipates later works by such masters of dialogue as Oscar Wilde. I read this play in a course on restoration and 18th century drama that I took in graduate school and it was by far among my favorite plays that semester. Those who complain that it is too complex (and then contradict themselves by calling it a mere ...

The Works of Mr. Congreve: Volume 2. Containing: The Mourning Bride; The Way of the World; The Judgment of ...
William Congreve

BookSurge Publishing, 2001

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1788 edition published in London.

The Way of the World and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)

1 review
William Congreve

Penguin Classics, 2006

Such Wit
Like many reviewers I begin by noting Congreve is not Shakespeare. But he has nearly as much splendor and resonance, in a narrower vein, perhaps, but not less wonderful than much that the Bard wrote. 'Love for Love' is witty, urbane and silky smooth. The characters are stiffer than Shakespeare's, but Congreve writes to different conventions and uses them to reach us, his readers or viewers, more ...

Restoration Comedy (Drama Classic: Collections S.)
William Congreve, Aphra Behn

Nick Hern Books, 2005

The Comedies of William Congreve (Penguin Classics)
William Congreve

Penguin Classics, 1986

1927. Congreve's literary apprenticeship was served under the tutelage of John Dryden, the leading playwright of the day. William Congreve only wrote five plays before retiring from writing to work in government. Love for Love and his other plays showed a knack for writing urbane, scintillating wit that some say rivaled Moliere's. Contents: The Old Batchelor; The Double-Dealer; Love for Love; and The Way of the World. See other titles by this ...

The Complete Works of William Congreve Part One

1 review
William Congreve

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2004

A Literary Treasure!
Congreave brought to the service of the stage a painstaking art. He cared much about the way a sentence was built, about balance, and getting the right shade of meaning. His diction is exactly fitted for oral use; and his pictures of the world of wealth and fashion are diverting. Congreave is, perhaps, the only English writer who can really be compared with Molière. You cannot consider ...

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