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- Veröffentlicht am: 1928
- Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
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Von Elise
I had to write a review after reading the two preceeding mine!
This is perhaps the most brilliant of the late Restoration comedies. For all of those unfamiliar with Restoration drama, it is a rich, witty genre which has been too often neglected in American educational institutions, relegated to the "secondary canon" of English lit. The Way of the World is ridiculously sublime, incorporating the tropes of the genre, but exceeding its predecessors.
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Von William Krischke
Yikes! Let's see here...
Mirabell is in love with Milamant, who is the niece of Lady Wishfort, who hates Mirabell because he pretended to be in love with her. Her daughter is Mrs. Fainall, who had an affair with Mirabell that resulted in her marrying Fainall (she thought she was pregnant) who she doesn't love and who is having an affair with Marwood, who is secretly in love with Mirabell and would do anything to keep him from marrying Millamant, who, by the way, loves him and hates him at the same time.
And that's all before the play even starts. This play, often heralded as "the best of the Restoration plays" (ironic, since it was a commercial failure for Congreve) is witty, complex, and very hard to keep up with. The plot revolves around who will get Lady Wishfort's inheritance and how, and some of the things they try are quite ridiculous. It has funny moments -- mostly provided by Mirabell's wit and the tomfoolery of Witwoud and Petulant, the comic relief. But it ends up just being pretty long and convoluted.
Go read Shakespeare.
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Von Ein Kunde
Witty and poignant, The Way of the World is a bit of a heavy read, unless you happen to be schooled in 18th Century colloquialisms. The theme is timeless, and with the right contemporary author, could be adapted for modern audiences. A thrashing commentary on social graces in the face of debauchery and betrayal, the hero and heroine, in true comic fashion, finally win out.
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