The Beaux-Stratagem by George Farquhar

"The Beaux-Stratagem" by George Farquhar is a comedy first produced in 1707. Two fashionable gentlemen, Aimwell and Archer, have fallen on hard times and devise a scheme to travel through small towns seeking wealthy heiresses to marry. Arriving in Lichfield, they take turns playing master and servant to deceive the locals. Aimwell pursues the beautiful Dorinda while Archer befriends her unhappily married sister-in-law, Kate Sullen. Their plans grow complicated as genuine feelings emerge and a band of thieves threatens the household. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707
Title The Beaux-Stratagem
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beaux%27_Stratagem
Credits Produced by David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject English drama (Comedy)
Subject Comedy plays
Category Text
eBook-No. 21334
Release Date
Last Update Feb 4, 2013
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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