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020 _a9780141441856 (pbk.) :
_c£12.99
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100 1 _aCongreve, William,
_d1670-1729.
245 1 4 _aThe way of the world and other plays /
_cWilliam Congreve ; edited by Eric Rump.
260 _aLondon :
_bPenguin,
_c2006.
300 _a416 p. ;
_c20 cm.
520 8 _aWilliam Congreve depicted the shallow, brittle world of 'society' where the right artifice in manners, fashion and conversation eased the passage to success. Through witty dialogue and characterization, Congreve exposed the follies and vanities of that world, and suggested that behind the mirror lay something more brutal.
700 1 _aRump, Eric S.
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999 _c54750
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