The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbruh, and Farquhar with Biographical and Critical Notices
London: Edward Moxon and Co, 1840. Large Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, lxxxiv, 668pp., These men wrote of a realistic, satirical comedy of the Restoration period of dramatic comedy that depicts and often satirizes the manners and affectations of a contemporary society. The plot of such a comedy, usually concerned with an..... More