Project Gutenberg 2004-09-10 Public domain in the USA. 98 Fletcher, John 1579 1625 Fletcher, Iohn Flecher, John Wit Without Money; A Comedy The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Generally regarded as Fletcher's unaided composition. Reading ease score: 90.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Wit Without Money" by John Fletcher is a comedy likely written in the early 17th century, during the English Renaissance. The play revolves around the character Valentine, a gentleman who has squandered his inheritance and refuses to take financial responsibility, leading to humorous situations as he interacts with his family and companions. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Valentine through a conversation between his Uncle and a Merchant, expressing concern about his reckless lifestyle and his neglect of property and personal affairs. Valentine is portrayed as a witty and carefree yet stubborn individual, who seemingly takes pride in living without caring about material wealth. He is confronted by his tenants, who plead for support, and exhibits a disdain for traditional social and financial obligations. The opening sets up a backdrop of financial struggle, contrasting Valetine's playful philosophy on life with the more serious concerns of his family and friends, emphasizing themes of wealth, folly, and the pursuit of love amidst social expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Comedies English drama -- 17th century PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 176862 175395 2024-10-06T07:58:31.148198 2023-10-06T09:10:32.862991 text/html text/html 170967 2020-12-18T05:40:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii 58580 2020-12-18T05:40:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 136531 2024-10-06T07:58:39.012155 application/epub+zip 137814 2024-10-06T07:58:34.400185 application/epub+zip 132563 2024-10-06T07:58:33.089205 application/epub+zip 316143 2024-10-06T07:58:42.051165 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292122 2024-10-06T07:58:38.189169 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263131 2022-09-07T02:07:31.821945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144403 144324 2024-10-06T07:58:29.968243 2023-10-06T09:10:31.908961 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 144300 2020-12-18T05:40:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 55332 2020-12-18T05:40:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19908 2024-10-06T07:58:42.209141 application/rdf+xml 15082 2024-10-06T07:58:33.665183 image/jpeg 4083 2024-10-06T07:58:33.379193 image/jpeg 132825 2024-10-06T07:58:31.163208 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