- British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), English drama, Adultery, Drama
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Classical in form, cool, comic and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- William Congreve
- First published
- 1981
- Pages
- 108
- Publisher
- printed for Philip Crampton, Independently Published, printed for Jacob Tonson, within Gray's-Inn-Gate next Gray's-Inn-Lane
- Editions
- 174
- Language
- Chinese, German, English, French
- ISBN
- 9781986566247
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First sentence
“My Lord,-Whether the world will arraign me of vanity or not, that I have presumed to dedicate this comedy to your lordship, I am yet in doubt; though, it may be, it is some degree of vanity even to doubt of it.”
About William Congreve · 1670–1729
British playwright, poet and author
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