by William Wycherley · Cambridge University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780521565813
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«The Country Wife» is the stage comedy by William Wycherley, published by Cambridge University Press in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Set in Restoration London, the comedy follows Horner, a seducer who pretends to be a eunuch to gain the trust of high-society ladies. His plans are complicated by Margery Pinchwife, a young newlywed fresh from the countryside, unfamiliar with city codes. The play satirizes hypocrisy, marriage and the social conventions of its time.
Edition by Ken Bush in the Cambridge Literature series, with complete text, introduction, glossary and bibliographic references (pages 287-288).
Designed for study in secondary school and early university years, it is useful for those studying English literature who want an annotated edition of the classic.
William Wycherley was an English playwright best known for writing the plays The Country Wife (1675) and The Plain Dealer (1676).
