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The Way of the World — William Congreve

The Way of the World

William Congreve

  • Drama
  • Book language: English
  • 96 pages

The Way of the World is a Restoration comedy of manners by William Congreve. It follows the courtship and social manoeuvring of fashionable Londoners, where love, marriage and money are entangled. It is worth hearing for its sparkling dialogue and satirical portrait of private and public conduct.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. THE WAY OF THE WORLD A COMEDY
  2. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE RALPH, EARL OF MOUNTAGUE, ETC.
  3. PROLOGUE.
  4. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
  5. ACT I.—SCENE I.
  6. ACT II.—SCENE I.
  7. ACT III.—SCENE I.
  8. ACT IV.—SCENE I.
  9. ACT V.—SCENE I.
  10. EPILOGUE.
  11. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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