The Beaux-Stratagem: A comedy in five acts by George Farquhar

"The Beaux-Stratagem: A comedy in five acts by George Farquhar" is a comedy first produced in 1707. Two impoverished gentlemen, Aimwell and Archer, devise a scheme to marry wealthy heiresses and restore their fortunes. Traveling to Lichfield, they target the beautiful Dorinda, with Archer posing as Aimwell's servant to deceive the locals. Complications arise when Aimwell genuinely falls in love, the innkeeper's daughter pursues Archer, and a band of thieves plots to rob their intended targets, threatening their carefully laid plans. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707
Commentator Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821
Title The Beaux-Stratagem: A comedy in five acts
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beaux%27_Stratagem
Credits Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Canada Team at www.pgdpcanada.net
Reading Level Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject English drama (Comedy)
Subject Comedy plays
Category Text
eBook-No. 37195
Release Date
Last Update Jan 8, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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