by William Congreve · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140432312
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«The Comedies of William Congreve» is the collection of comedies by William Congreve, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (416 pages, in English).
The volume brings together four comedies by William Congreve: «The Old Bachelor», «The Double Dealer», «Love for Love» and «The Way of the World». With a satirical eye, they portray family life and high society in seventeenth-century England, and are accompanied by commentary on the context of each work.
Edited by Eric S. Rump, in the Penguin Classics series.
Recommended for readers interested in classic English theater and seventeenth-century satirical comedy.
William Congreve was an English playwright and poet. He played a major role in shaping English comedy, and is regarded by literary critics as one of the greatest playwrights of the Restoration period. The popularity of his plays in the late 17th and early 18th centuries was central to the development of satirical comedy of manners, and he became recognised as a seminal figure of Restoration literature. Although he wrote several commercially successful works, Congreve is best remembered today for his quotes, such as, "O fie, miss, you must not kiss and tell", and "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned".
