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Such a Worldly Way
Literature如此世道
(british) William Congreve
This Way of the World is considered one of the finest comedies of the Restoration period. The story tells the love story of a young man and woman. They tried to get married, but the woman's aunt was not optimistic about them. The man asked a servant to pretend to be a nobleman to seduce the woman's aunt, which triggered a series of bloody stories... William Congreve (William Congreve, 1670.1.24-1729.1.29), British playwright and poet. His comedies are characterized by lively and elegant dialogues, humorously satirizing the bad habits of the British upper class, and echoing the French comedy master Molière.
This Way of the World is considered one of the finest comedies of the Restoration period. The story tells the love story of a young man and woman. They tried to get married, but the woman's aunt was not optimistic about them. The man asked a servant to pretend to be a nobleman to seduce the woman's aunt, which triggered a series of bloody stories... William Congreve (William Congreve, 1670.1.24-1729.1.29), British playwright and poet. His comedies are characterized by lively and elegant dialogues, humorously satirizing the bad habits of the British upper class, and echoing the French comedy master Molière.