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The Country Wife is a Restoration comedy written by William Wycherley and first performed in 1675. A product of the tolerant early Restoration period, the play reflects an aristocratic and anti- Puritan ideology, and was controversial for its sexual explicitness even in its own time. The title contains a lewd pun with regard to the first ...
The Plain Dealer is a Restoration comedy by William Wycherley, first performed on 11 December 1676. The play is based on Molière 's Le Misanthrope, and is generally considered Wycherley's finest work along with The Country Wife . The play was highly praised by John Dryden and John Dennis, though it was equally condemned for its obscenity by many.
The Country Girl. (1954 film) The Country Girl is a 1954 American drama film written and directed by George Seaton and starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and William Holden. Adapted by Seaton from Clifford Odets 's 1950 play of the same name, the film is about an alcoholic has-been actor who is given one last chance to resurrect his career.
Publication date. October 1913. Publication place. United States. Preceded by. The Reef. The Custom of the Country is a 1913 tragicomedy of manners novel by the American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society.
PQ8098.L54 C313. The House of the Spirits ( Spanish: La casa de los espíritus, 1982) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. The novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers before being published in Barcelona in 1982. [ 2] It became an instant best-seller, was critically acclaimed, and catapulted Allende to literary stardom.
Germany. Published in. Grimm's Fairy Tales. " The Fisherman and His Wife " ( Low German: Von dem Fischer un syner Fru) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 (KHM 19). The tale is of Aarne–Thompson type 555, about dissatisfaction and greed. [ 1] It may be classified as an anti-fairy tale. [ 2]
Chuck Franzke is an American hero: A World War II veteran, whose heart is full of love for his country and his wife of over 70 years. He was a Navy Air core pilot in World War II in 1943, '44 and '45.
Publication and response. The Country of the Pointed Firs was serialized in the January, March, July, and September 1896 issues of The Atlantic Monthly. Sarah Orne Jewett subsequently expanded and revised the text and added titles for the chapters. The novel was then published in book form in Boston and New York by Houghton, Mifflin and Company ...