Les joyeuses Bourgeoises de Windsor by William Shakespeare
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"Les joyeuses Bourgeoises 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, sending them identical love letters. The clever wives discover his plot and orchestrate a series of humiliating tricks against the foolish knight. Meanwhile, three suitors compete for the hand of Anne Page, each backed by different family members. Set in Elizabethan England,
the play weaves together romantic deception, jealous husbands, and communal revenge in Shakespeare's comedy of middle-class life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Guizot, François, 1787-1874 |
| Uniform Title | The merry wives of Windsor. French |
| Title | Les joyeuses Bourgeoises de Windsor |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Joyeuses_Comm%C3%A8res_de_Windsor |
| Credits |
Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 84.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| 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. | 20720 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2007 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 425 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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