Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 193 Dodsley, Robert 1703 1764 Dodsley, R. (Robert) Saddi, Nathan ben Hazlitt, William Carew 1834 1913 Hazlitt, W. Carew (William Carew) A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09 How a man may choose a good wife from a bad -- The return from Parnassus -- Wily beguiled -- Lingua -- The miseries of enforced marriage. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Tapio Riikonen and PG Distributed Proofreaders "A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09" by Robert Dodsley and W. Carew Hazlitt is a compilation of comedic plays originally published in the 18th century. This volume features a range of entertaining works, including "How a Man May Choose a Good Wife from a Bad," exploring themes of marriage, love, and courtship through humorous dialogue and engaging characters. The opening of this collection introduces the play "How a Man May Choose a Good Wife from a Bad," revealing a lively discussion between Young Master Arthur and Young Master Lusam regarding the merits and faults of Arthur's wife. Young Master Arthur expresses disdain for his wife despite her virtues, while Lusam tries to defend her honor. As the conversation unfolds, we also meet various characters including the fathers of the two young men, who engage in their humorous observations about marriage and the complexity of relationships. The dialogue is rich with wit, comedy, and a hint of foreshadowing that sets the stage for the unfolding drama concerning love, misunderstanding, and the desire for companionship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en English drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 950609 2025-06-19T23:57:16.844612 text/html 950577 950468 2024-11-05T05:14:47.817948 2023-10-05T06:02:11.585702 text/html text/html 434181 2025-06-19T23:57:57.690918 application/epub+zip 447267 2025-06-19T23:57:32.644548 application/epub+zip 419898 2025-06-19T23:57:23.701545 application/epub+zip 889894 2025-06-19T23:58:12.976798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 786446 2025-06-19T23:57:52.279422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 740447 2022-09-05T08:27:53.825129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 772542 2025-06-19T23:57:15.712563 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 752708 2024-10-28T17:52:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12059 2025-06-19T23:58:13.161813 application/rdf+xml 21997 2025-06-19T23:57:29.321503 image/jpeg 4799 2025-06-19T23:57:29.032505 image/jpeg 423272 2025-06-19T23:57:16.920619 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia