The way of the world

Literature & Fiction

Congreve, William

Dramas & Plays

Oliver and Boyd

The way of the world; (The Fountainwell drama texts)

Four plays offer a satirical look at family life and high society in seventeenth-century England, and are accompanied by brief discussions of each work's background

The Comedies of William Congreve (Penguin Classics)

Penguin Classics

Four English Comedies of the 17th and 18th Centuries: Volpone; The Way of The World; She Stoops to Conquer; The School For Scandal

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER

SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY

JONSON, Ben

Penguin??Books

With piercing accuracy William ongreve depicted the shallow, brittle world of "society" where the right artifice in manners, fashion and conversation—and money—eased the passage to success. Through sparkling, witty dialogue and brilliant characterisation—Lady Plyant, Valentine, Lady Touchwood, Mirabell and Millamant—Congreve exposed the follies and vanities of that world, and suggested that behind the glinting mirror lay something more brutal. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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

The original texts of the five dramatic works by the seventeenth-century playwright are presented together with notes on their background

Complete Plays of William Congreve

History & Criticism

Univ of Chicago Pr

Love for Love: A Comedy (Classic Reprint)

Forgotten Books

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Love for Love (New Mermaid Series)

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

1971 paperback reprint. 116 pages, 23 preliminary pages include a section about the author, a general introduction to the play, a note about the text, and suggestions for further reading. This is a New Mermaid edition, with modern spelling, fully annotated, with info about the staging of the play.

Way of the World

W.W.Norton&Company

New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes: The playtext, in modern spelling, edited to the highest bibliographical and textual standards Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readings Glossing notes explaining obscure words and word-play Critical, contextual and staging notes Photographs of productions where applicable A full introduction which provides a critical account of the play, the staging conventions of the time and recent stage history; discusses authorship, date, sources and the text; and gives guidance for further reading. Edited and updated by leading scholars and printed in a clear, easy-to-use format, New Mermaids offer invaluable guidance for actor, student, and theatre-goer alike.

Way of the World (New Mermaids)

Gibbons, Brian

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