Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 111 Dodsley, Robert 1703 1764 Dodsley, R. (Robert) Saddi, Nathan ben Hazlitt, William Carew 1834 1913 Hazlitt, W. Carew (William Carew) A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. How a man may choose a good wife from a bad -- The return from Parnassus -- Wily beguiled -- Lingua -- The miseries of enforced marriage. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Tapio Riikonen and PG Distributed Proofreaders "A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09" by Robert Dodsley and W. Carew Hazlitt is a compilation of comedic plays originally published in the 18th century. This volume features a range of entertaining works, including "How a Man May Choose a Good Wife from a Bad," exploring themes of marriage, love, and courtship through humorous dialogue and engaging characters. The opening of this collection introduces the play "How a Man May Choose a Good Wife from a Bad," revealing a lively discussion between Young Master Arthur and Young Master Lusam regarding the merits and faults of Arthur's wife. Young Master Arthur expresses disdain for his wife despite her virtues, while Lusam tries to defend her honor. As the conversation unfolds, we also meet various characters including the fathers of the two young men, who engage in their humorous observations about marriage and the complexity of relationships. The dialogue is rich with wit, comedy, and a hint of foreshadowing that sets the stage for the unfolding drama concerning love, misunderstanding, and the desire for companionship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 950584 950475 2024-10-05T05:19:25.526715 2023-10-05T06:02:11.138646 text/html text/html 950577 950468 2024-10-05T05:19:26.074703 2023-10-05T06:02:11.585702 text/html text/html 434299 2024-10-05T05:19:55.151583 application/epub+zip 447407 2024-10-05T05:19:34.984647 application/epub+zip 420038 2024-10-05T05:19:30.998656 application/epub+zip 888793 2024-10-05T05:20:04.733487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 786749 2024-10-05T05:19:49.293588 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 740447 2022-09-05T08:27:53.825129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 772637 772579 2024-10-05T05:19:24.489697 2023-10-05T06:02:10.290664 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 773923 2020-12-20T00:40:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 302751 2020-12-20T00:40:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 773914 2020-12-20T00:40:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 302692 2020-12-20T00:40:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21506 2024-10-05T05:20:04.896495 application/rdf+xml 21997 2024-10-05T05:19:31.560652 image/jpeg 4799 2024-10-05T05:19:31.281648 image/jpeg 423248 2024-10-05T05:19:26.151653 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia