De vroolijke vrouwtjes van Windsor by William Shakespeare

"De vroolijke vrouwtjes van Windsor" by William Shakespeare is a comedy first published in 1602. The impoverished Sir John Falstaff arrives in Windsor and schemes to court two wealthy married women for their money. He sends them identical love letters, but the clever wives discover his plan. Instead of falling for his advances, they team up to teach the arrogant knight a humiliating lesson through a series of elaborate pranks, while a jealous husband unknowingly aids their revenge. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Translator Burgersdijk, L. A. J. (Leendert Alexander Johannes), 1828-1900
Uniform Title The merry wives of Windsor. Dutch
Title De vroolijke vrouwtjes van Windsor
Original Publication Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff's uitgevers-maatschappij, 1912, pubdate 1913.
Credits Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg
Language Dutch
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Comedy plays
Subject Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Drama
Subject Married women -- Drama
Subject Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England) -- Drama
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EBook-No. 76946
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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