Three Hours after Marriage by John Gay, John Arbuthnot, and Alexander Pope
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"Three Hours after Marriage" by John Gay, John Arbuthnot, and Alexander Pope is a satirical farce written in 1717. The play follows Doctor Fossil, a pompous aging scientist who marries a much younger woman, Mrs. Townley. She is immediately pursued by two rival suitors who devise elaborate schemes to hide their intentions from her suspicious husband. The plot grows more chaotic with the addition of a female poet and a literary critic,
creating a comedy that targets real London figures of the era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gay, John, 1685-1732 |
|---|---|
| Author | Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735 |
| Author | Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 |
| Editor | Smith, John Harrington, 1903-1961 |
| LoC No. | 62006569 |
| Title | Three Hours after Marriage |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hours_After_Marriage |
| Credits |
Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | English drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 37667 |
| Release Date | Oct 8, 2011 |
| Last Update | Jan 24, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 590 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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