Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 34 Dufresny, Charles Rivière 1657 1724 Dufresny, Charles, sieur de La Rivière Fresny, Charles Rivière Du Rivière Du Frény, Monsieur (Charles) Riviere Du Freny, Monsieur (Charles) La Rivière, Charles Dufresny, sieur de Morlock, Frank J. Le double veuvage. English The Double Widowing Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Dagny and Frank J. Morlock "The Double Widowing" by Charles Rivière Dufresny is a comedic play written in the early 18th century. The story revolves around the intrigues of characters dealing with themes of love, deception, and societal expectations in the context of marriage and widowhood. The plot unfolds in the luxurious setting of a Countess's country house, where misunderstandings and manipulations lead to a series of humorous situations involving a widow, her deceased husband, and various suitors. In the play, the plot thickens as the widow Mrs. Bramble, believing herself to be free and in mourning, unknowingly becomes the target of a scheme designed by the Countess to orchestrate marriages for the younger characters. Mr. Bramble, her husband, is alive but is led to believe that he is the widower of his own faked death, complicating matters further. Desmond, the nephew of Mr. Bramble, is in love with Arabella, Mrs. Bramble's niece, and their secret amorous plans become intertwined with the Countess's manipulations. The humor is driven by the misunderstandings and mistaken identities that arise from the characters' unfulfilled desires and the farcical twists that ultimately lead to a mix of love, comedy, and a breakdown of social pretenses, culminating in a chaotic but joyful resolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en French drama (Comedy) -- 18th century French drama -- 18th century -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 102472 102400 2024-10-03T04:19:58.707103 2023-10-03T04:47:40.146836 text/html text/html 102465 102393 2024-10-03T04:19:58.946069 2023-10-03T04:47:40.305848 text/html text/html 109528 2024-10-03T04:20:05.349063 application/epub+zip 109690 2024-10-03T04:20:01.947087 application/epub+zip 97489 2024-10-03T04:20:00.700060 application/epub+zip 219039 2024-10-03T04:20:08.496051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206505 2024-10-03T04:20:04.613069 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 180734 2022-09-03T06:19:40.570782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77073 77052 2024-10-03T04:19:58.425056 2023-10-03T04:47:39.949837 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 76780 2012-08-03T21:25:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28188 2012-08-03T21:33:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19963 2024-10-03T04:20:08.633045 application/rdf+xml 13109 2024-10-03T04:20:01.253066 image/jpeg 3243 2024-10-03T04:20:00.978072 image/jpeg 107949 2024-10-03T04:19:58.955057 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 fr.wikipedia