| Love for love: Large Print Contributor(s): Congreve, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1674855567 ISBN-13: 9781674855561 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.68 lbs) 126 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The play is a comical farce enlivened by its witty dialogue and its humorous characters, and perhaps more successful in its day than The Way of the World, now considered Congreve's best. The main character is Valentine, then Jeremy, Valentine's resourceful servant; Sir Sampson, with his 'blunt vivacity'; Ben, the rough young sea-dog, who intends to marry whom he chooses; Miss Prue, only too ready to learn the lessons in love given her by Tattle, the vain, half-witted beau, who finds himself married to Mrs. Frail, the lady of easy virtue, when he thinks he has captured Angelica; and Foresight, the gullible old astrologe |