Project Gutenberg 2014-05-27 Public domain in the USA. 100 Beaumont, Francis 1584 1616 Beamont, Francis Fletcher, John 1579 1625 Fletcher, Iohn Flecher, John Waller, A. R. (Alfred Rayney) 1867 1922 Waller, Alfred Rayney Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 05 of 10 A Wife for a Month -- The Lovers Progress -- The Pilgrim -- The Captain -- The Prophetess Produced by Richard Tonsing, Jonathan Ingram, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 05 of 10" by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher is a collection of theatrical plays and tragicomedies likely written in the early 17th century. The volume features several titles, with "A Wife for a Month" being one of the primary works included. The plays explore themes of love, honor, and the intersection of personal desires with societal expectations, often weaving intricate theatrical plots filled with drama and humor. The opening of "A Wife for a Month" introduces a tense and complicated love triangle involving King Frederick, his desired love Evanthe, and her husband, Valerio. Frederick expresses his affection for Evanthe in a manner that challenges social conventions, sparking both intrigue and tension. As Frederick's intentions are revealed, the inherent conflict between desire and loyalty comes to light, foreshadowing the dramatic moral dilemmas that the characters will face throughout the play. The initial interactions set the stage for a complex exploration of love and power, pivotal to the unfolding narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45780/45780-h/images/cover.jpg en English drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1320641 1320624 2024-09-19T08:01:32.741537 2023-09-20T04:28:20.502268 text/html text/html 1354657 2014-05-27T08:00:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 358906 2014-05-27T08:01:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 383730 2024-09-19T08:02:15.134299 application/epub+zip 404849 2024-09-19T08:01:42.260492 application/epub+zip 392119 2024-09-19T08:01:37.438458 application/epub+zip 926559 2024-09-19T08:02:30.586282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 747938 2024-09-19T08:02:07.673325 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 734413 2022-09-20T20:16:58.266182 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 747085 746980 2024-09-19T08:01:23.226060 2023-09-20T04:28:11.062190 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 747282 2014-05-27T08:00:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 268052 2014-05-27T08:01:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 747301 2014-05-27T08:00:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 268026 2014-05-27T08:01:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21696 2024-09-19T08:02:30.854194 application/rdf+xml 9877 2024-09-19T08:01:37.879457 image/jpeg 1827 2024-09-19T08:01:37.659482 image/jpeg 358938 2024-09-19T08:01:32.833484 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 en.wikipedia