The Beaux-Stratagem: A comedy in five acts by George Farquhar
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"The Beaux-Stratagem: A comedy in five acts by George Farquhar" is a comedy first produced in 1707. Two impoverished gentlemen, Aimwell and Archer, devise a scheme to marry wealthy heiresses and restore their fortunes. Traveling to Lichfield, they target the beautiful Dorinda, with Archer posing as Aimwell's servant to deceive the locals. Complications arise when Aimwell genuinely falls in love, the innkeeper's daughter pursues Archer, and a band of thieves plots to
rob their intended targets, threatening their carefully laid plans. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707 |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821 |
| Title | The Beaux-Stratagem: A comedy in five acts |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beaux%27_Stratagem |
| Credits |
Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at www.pgdpcanada.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.0 (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. | 37195 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-37195-5 |
| Release Date | Aug 24, 2011 |
| Last Update | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 635 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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