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The Country Wife and Other Plays (Title Love in a Wood/the Gentleman Dancing-Master/the Country Wife/the Plain Dealer - World's Classics)
The Country Wife and Other Plays - Title Love in a Wood/the Gentleman Dancing-Master/the Country Wife/the Plain Dealer - World's Classics Author:William Wycherley, Peter Dixon (Series quotes) "For those in the mood to re-embrace the classics, Oxford University Press has...new offerings in the World's Classics series...all books that should be read more often by more people."--The Christian Science Monitor "Oxford's World's Classics series has long specialized in making unjustly neglected books newly available....Suc... more »h attractive paperbacks that even those with hardback editions will covet them."--The Washington Post Book World "If you want to refresh your memory as to why these are called classics and still beloved by readers, here is you opportunity."--The San Diego Union "There's a World's Classics for every taste--from Homer to Tolstoy to Boswell-- handsome packaging, inexpensive prices."--The Philadelphia Inquirer "An excellent series all of which can be recommended."--The Sunday Times (London) "The World's Classics continues to pour out riches of the past funnier and more illuminating than almost all contemporary writing."--The Times *(London) William Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humor, vivid characterization, and social criticism. This edition includes Love in a Wood, The Gentleman Dancing-Master, The Country Wife, and The Plain Dealer. The texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction, a note on staging, and detailed annotation.« less