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Richard Brinsley Sheridan, "The Rivals" (York Notes)

A. Norman Jeffares

4/5 ( ratings)

Immensely popular comedy of manners featuring such memorable characters as the lovely Lydia Languish, her suitor, Capt. Jack Absolute; and Lydia's aunt Mrs. Malaprop, cleverly revolves around false identities, romantic entanglements, and parental disapproval. Brilliant comic masterpiece satirizing the pretentiousness and sentimentality of 18th-century society.

Pages: 72

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Longman

Release: April 27, 1981

ISBN: 0582782724

ISBN 13: 9780582782723

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, "The Rivals" (York Notes)

A. Norman Jeffares

4/5 ( ratings)

Immensely popular comedy of manners featuring such memorable characters as the lovely Lydia Languish, her suitor, Capt. Jack Absolute; and Lydia's aunt Mrs. Malaprop, cleverly revolves around false identities, romantic entanglements, and parental disapproval. Brilliant comic masterpiece satirizing the pretentiousness and sentimentality of 18th-century society.

Pages: 72

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Longman

Release: April 27, 1981

ISBN: 0582782724

ISBN 13: 9780582782723

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