Les alegres comares de Windsor by William Shakespeare

"Les alegres comares de Windsor" by William Shakespeare is a comedy first published in 1602. The impoverished Sir John Falstaff schemes to seduce two wealthy married women for financial gain, but the clever wives turn the tables on him with a series of humiliating pranks. Meanwhile, three suitors compete for the hand of Anne Page, each with different supporters among her family. Set in Elizabethan England, the play weaves together romantic deception, jealous husbands, and escalating revenge in Shakespeare's comic portrait of middle-class life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Translator Carner, Josep, 1884-1971
Uniform Title Merry Wives of Windsor
Title Les alegres comares de Windsor
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor Wikipedia page about this book: ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_alegres_comares_de_Windsor
Credits Produced by Ricard Samarra
Reading Level Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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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
Category Text
EBook-No. 17046
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Most Recently Updated Dec 12, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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