The Country Wife (New Mermaid) - Hardcover

Wycherley, William

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9780713627909: The Country Wife (New Mermaid)

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ISBN 10: 0713627905 ISBN 13: 9780713627909

Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 1985

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"Now may I have, by the reputation of an eunuch, the privileges of one. . . and be seen in a lady's chamber in the morning as early as a husband. . . ." In 17th-century London, a notorious womaniser plans an outageous deception to gain unrivalled pleasures with the ladies of fashionable society. But Horner's ingenuity is taxed when he becomes involved with Margery Pinchwife, a newly-wed from the country who is innocent of the sophisticated ways of city life. Cambridge Literature is a series of study texts which presents writing in the English-speaking world from the 16th century up to the present day. The series includes novels, drama, short stories, poetry, essays and other types of non-fiction. Each edition has the complete text with an appropriate glossary. The student will find in each volume a helpful introduction and a full section of resource notes encouraging active and imaginative study methods.

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Book Description:

Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended, and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It will include writing in English from various genres and differing times.The Country Wife by William Wycherley is edited by Ken Bush, Denefield School, Reading

About the Author:

William Wycherley (1640 – 1715) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period.

Editor James Ogden was formerly a lecturer in the Department of English in the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is also the editor of the New Mermaids edition of She Stoops to Conquer.

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