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The action of She Stoops to Conquer (1773) is largely confined to a
night and a day in Squire Hardcastle's somewhat dilapidated country
house: Young Marlow, on his way there to meet the bride his father
has chosen for him, loses his way and arrives at the house assuming
it is an inn. The prospect of meeting the genteel Miss Hardcastle
terrifies the diffident youngster; but the serving-girl Kate - in
fact, Miss Hardcastle, who chooses not to clarify the
misunderstanding - immediately catches his fancy and cannot
complain of a lack of ardour in her well-born suitor. After a
series of trifling confusions and the inevitable
eavesdropping-from-behind-a-screen, all is resolved so pleasingly
that the comedy has been a favourite with amateur and professional
companies and their audiences for over 230 years.
'He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater fool that does not
marry a fool.' This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly
satirical drama pokes fun at the humourless, the jealous, and the
adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery, whose
husband believes she is too naive to cuckold him; and an anti-hero,
Horner, who pretends to be impotent in order to have unrestrained
access to the women keen on 'the sport'. A number of licentious and
hypocritical women request Horner's services - the country wife
among them. The Country Wife has provoked powerfully mixed
reactions over the years. The seventeenth century libertine king
Charles II saw it twice, and is said to have joined the 'dance of
the cuckolds' at the end of one performance; the eighteenth century
actor-playwright David Garrick declared it 'the most licentious
play in the English language'; the Victorian Macaulay compared it
to a skunk, because it was 'too filthy to handle and too noisome
even to approach'. Twentieth century productions heralded it a
Restoration masterpiece. Sexually frank, and as ready to criticise
marriage as infidelity, the virtuosity, linguistic energy,
brilliant wit, naughtiness and complexity of this ribald play have
made it a staple of the modern stage. This student edition contains
a lengthy, entirely new introduction, by leading scholar, Tiffany
Stern, with a background on the author, structure, characters,
genre, themes, original staging and performance history, as well as
an updated bibliography and a fully annotated version of the
playtext.
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Title: The British lion rous'd, or, Acts of the British worthies: a
poem in nine books.Author: James OgdenPublisher: Gale, Sabin
Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02472100CollectionID:
CTRG98-B671PublicationDate: 17620101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: 22], 223 p.; 25 cm
Title: A Description of Manchester ... By a Native of the Town.
i.e. James Ogden.] Reprinted from a curious edition of
1783.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF
BRITAIN & IRELAND collection includes books from the British
Library digitised by Microsoft. As well as historical works, this
collection includes geographies, travelogues, and titles covering
periods of competition and cooperation among the people of Great
Britain and Ireland. Works also explore the countries' relations
with France, Germany, the Low Countries, Denmark, and Scandinavia.
++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++ British Library Anonymous; Ogden, James; 1860 58 p.; 8 .
10347.b.20.(2.)
Title: Manchester a hundred Years ago: being a reprint of A
Description of Manchester by a native of the town, J. Ogden,
published in 1783. Edited, with an introduction, by William E. A.
Axon. With plates.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print
EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes books from the British
Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection includes works
chronicling the development of Western civilisation to the modern
age. Highlights include the development of language, political and
educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The
selection documents periods of civil war, migration, shifts in
power, Muslim expansion into Central Europe, complex feudal
loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations, and European expansion
into the New World. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Ogden, James; Axon,
William E. A.; 1887. xxii. 94 p.; 8 . 10358.cc.42.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Title: Emanuel; or, Paradise Regained: an epic poem. By James
Ogden.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY &
DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised
by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of
literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian
verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and
poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage
and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Anonymous; Ogden,
James . 1797 160 p.; 8 . 11643.g.42.(1.)
Title: A Concise Narrative of all the actions, in which the British
forces were engaged, during the present war, on the Continent
1793-95] ... Extracted from private letters of officers, etc. By
James Ogden.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print
EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
MILITARY HISTORY & WARFARE collection includes books from the
British Library digitised by Microsoft. This series offers titles
on warfare from ancient to modern times. It includes detailed
accounts of campaigns, battles, weapons, as well as the soldiers
and commanders who devised, initiated, and supported war efforts
throughout history. Specific analyses discuss the impact of war on
societies, cultures, economies, and changing international
relationships. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Ogden, James; null 87
p.; 8 . 11643.g.42.(2.)
Originally published in Cheltenham, 1879. First editions are now
very rare and extremely expensive. The author first fished in
Derbyshire before moving to Cheltenham where he perfected a
practical method of dry fly fishing. This illustrated book contains
fascinating and informative descriptions of his methods with the
floating fly, which he claims to have invented some 40 years before
his book was published. Contents include: On Fly Dressing -
Favourite Standard Flies - On Salmon Flies - The May Fly - The
Green Drake - On Rods _ Hints on Casting - On Reels - On Fly Lines
- Minnow Fishing - Ireland - Baskets and Nets. Etc.
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