The Country Wife
by William Wycherley

Name: The Country Wife
Brand: William Wycherley
SKU: 9781854592255
Rating: 3.33 (4428 reviews)

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Highlights

British Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the humor and clever satire in The Country Wife, highlighting its ability to entertain even today. Many praise it as a classic example of Restoration comedy that tackles themes of sexuality with wit. However, some students express dissatisfaction with the book's format for academic purposes, particularly the lack of margins for notes and the absence of line numbers for quoting. Overall, it remains a beloved text despite some physical production criticisms.

Hilarious Restoration comedy Clever satire on sexuality Great for theatre students No line numbers for quoting No margins for notes

Synopsis

Restoration era London: Puritan laws and censorship laws are repealed; theatres re-open; and the cosmopolitan wives are living it up with extravagance, infidelity and impertinence towards their cuckold husbands.

But when Margery the country wife comes to town, she arrives with strict handholding from her uptight husband and is promptly locked in a house.

But then the door opens to Horner, a reputed womanizer...