Project Gutenberg 2011-04-25 Public domain in the USA. 186 Inchbald, Mrs. 1753 1821 Inchbald, Elizabeth Simpson Patrat, Joseph 1732 1801 Patrat, J. (Joseph) The Widow's Vow: A Farce, in Two Acts Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Widow%27s_Vow Plot taken from "L'heureuse erreur" of Patrat. Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net "The Widow's Vow: A Farce, in Two Acts" by Mrs. Inchbald and Joseph Patrat is a theatrical farce written in the late 18th century. The play unfolds in a Spanish village and centers around the complexities of love, deception, and the societal expectations surrounding marriage and vow-taking. It explores themes of gender roles and the folly of appearances in romantic entanglements. The narrative follows the Countess, a widow who has sworn to avoid all men following her disastrous romantic past. Her uncle, Don Antonio, seeks to introduce her to the young Marquis, who unbeknownst to her, is actually a woman in disguise. As misunderstandings pile up, both the Countess and the Marquis must navigate love and identity, leading to humorous confrontations and revelations. Ultimately, the play highlights the idea that true affection supersedes rigid vows and societal conventions, culminating in a light-hearted but pointed commentary on love and deception. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Comedy plays English drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 85238 2025-06-14T16:19:58.656041 text/html 82283 2011-04-25T09:55:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 25376 2011-04-25T09:55:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 125262 2025-06-14T16:20:06.085036 application/epub+zip 124945 2025-06-14T16:20:02.536028 application/epub+zip 86591 2025-06-14T16:20:01.158072 application/epub+zip 295962 2025-06-14T16:20:08.492002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283424 2025-06-14T16:20:05.202042 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165040 2022-09-16T12:38:53.112871 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59610 2025-06-14T16:19:57.976066 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 59463 2011-04-25T09:55:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 22771 2011-04-25T09:55:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 59455 2011-04-25T09:55:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22758 2011-04-25T09:55:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21366 2025-06-14T16:20:08.695038 application/rdf+xml 19887 2025-06-14T16:20:01.740031 image/jpeg 4552 2025-06-14T16:20:01.448034 image/jpeg 125500 2025-06-14T16:19:58.664060 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 fr.wikipedia