Regents Restoration Drama: The Man of Mode
- 180pages
- 7 heures de lecture
"The Man of Mode" is a classic drama that explores themes of social manners and the complexities of love and relationships in Restoration England.
George Etherege Livres
The Penguin English Library: Three Restoration Comedies
The Man of Mode; The Country Wife; Love for Love
- 368pages
- 13 heures de lecture
The three plays collected here mirror the era after King Charles II. In Etherege's The Man of Mode, Dorimant meets his match. In Wycherley's The Country Wife, Horner fakes impotence to fool husbands into giving him access to their wives. In Congreve's Love for Love, the Valentine can win his beloved only if he loses his inheritance.