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Title: The London Merchant by George Lillo, William H. McBurney ISBN: 0-8032-5365-6 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: December, 1965 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: "I now am-- what I've made myself."
Comment: 'The London Merchant' is one of the best-known works in the genre of domestic tragedy. Basically it's a play about "just plain folk" and their downfall. This particular example is the story of a young man who is brought to his ruin by a scheming she-devil. I like it because it hasn't aged well. The emphasis is on virtue, hard work, and God's mercy on sinners, and boy does the author ever hit us over the head with it! Much of the dialogue is unintentionally funny. Take this bit, where our virtuous young hero is being seduced by the villainess: "My pulse beats high-- my senses all are in a hurry, and I am on the rack of wild desire. Yet, for a moments guilty pleasure, shall I lose my innocence, my peace of mind, and hopes of solid happiness?" Yes, you shall, you poor naive pup.
Millwood, though she's the living embodiment of evil, is a pretty cool lady. Her attitude is so magnificently ruthless! Oh, and Barnwell is totally lusting after his best friend Trueman. The scenes in Act 5 between those two are beautifully homoerotic, sure to cause the reader to shed a tear or two.
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Title: The Country Wife by William Wycherley, Ken Bush, Judith Baxter ISBN: 0521565812 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 12 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht ISBN: 1559702354 Publisher: Arcade Books Pub. Date: 25 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Man of Mode (New Mermaid Series) by George Etherege, John Barnard ISBN: 039390041X Publisher: E. Benn Pub. Date: July, 1979 List Price(USD): $12.10 |
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Title: Tartuffe, by Moliere by Richard Wilbur ISBN: 0156881802 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 10 January, 1968 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Woyzeck by Georg Bchner, Nicholas Rudall, Georg Buchner ISBN: 1566634490 Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc. Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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