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The Way of the World

by William Congreve

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1700
Pages
111
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  1. Introductory Section and Dramatis Personae

    15:39

  2. Act 1

    27:06

  3. Act 2

    26:47

  4. Act 3

    42:39

  5. Act 4

    35:54

  6. Act 5 and Epilogue

    36:05

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Congreve's brilliant Restoration comedy turns on the courtship of Mirabell and Millamant, two witty lovers who want to marry on their own terms in a society built on gossip, money, and appearances. Mirabell must coax a blessing from the vain and vengeful Lady Wishfort, who controls her niece's dowry and loathes him, while a tangle of secret schemes and old affairs threatens to undo everyone. The play is best remembered for its proviso scene, in which the couple negotiate the exact conditions of their marriage with a candor still bracing today. First staged in 1700, it marked the high polish and the last flowering of Restoration wit before the theatre turned toward sentiment.

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William Congreve (1670-1729) was an English dramatist and poet, the finest writer of the Restoration comedy of manners. Though he stopped writing plays before he was thirty, works like Love for Love and The Way of the World secured his lasting reputation for verbal wit.

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Book facts

First published
1700
Reading time
About 2 hours
Pages
111
Language
English
Genre
Comedy
Formats
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