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The Country Wife
William Wycherley
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Description for The Country Wife
Paperback. The Country Wife is a satirical comedy, which exposes the immorality of Restoration society in a way that has been both condemned and admired since it was written. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
‘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 ... Read more
‘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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
New Mermaids
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408179895
SKU
V9781408179895
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About William Wycherley
Tiffany Stern is Professor of Early Modern Drama at University College, University of Oxford, UK. She is one of the General Editors of the New Mermaid series, and she has also edited two plays in the series - Sheridan's The Rivals (2004) and Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer (2010). James Ogden is Editor of She Stoops to Conquer for the ... Read more
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