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The country wife / William Wycherley.

By: Wycherley, William, 1640-1716 [author.]Contributor(s): Ogden, James [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: New mermaidsPublisher: London : Methuen Drama, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Student edition / edited by James Ogden ; with a new introduction by Tiffany SternDescription: xxxii, 152 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781408179895 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Cuckolds -- Drama | Seduction -- Drama | London (England) -- Social life and customs -- DramaDDC classification: 822.4 Summary: 'He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.' This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly satirical drama pokes fun at the humourless, the jealous, and the adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery, whose husband believes she is too naive to cuckold him; and an anti-hero, Horner, who pretends to be impotent in order to have unrestrained access to the women keen on 'the sport'.
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'He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.' This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly satirical drama pokes fun at the humourless, the jealous, and the adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery, whose husband believes she is too naive to cuckold him; and an anti-hero, Horner, who pretends to be impotent in order to have unrestrained access to the women keen on 'the sport'.

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