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Love for Love: A Comedy

Author
William Congreve
Series
Timeless Classic
Language
English
Length
170 pages
ISBN
9781911144373
Published
15 November 2015
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Congreve
  • comedy
  • drama
  • humour
  • play
  • intense
  • classic
  • stage
  • high-brow
  • sexual

Description

Valentine has fallen under the displeasure of his father by his extravagance, and is besieged by creditors. His father, Sir Sampson Legend, offers him enough to pay his debts if he will sign a bond engaging to make over his right to his inheritance to his younger brother Ben. Valentine, to escape from his embarrassment, signs the bond. He is in love with Angelica, who possesses a fortune of her own, but so far she has not yielded to his suit. Sir Sampson has arranged a match between Ben, who is at sea, and Miss Prue, an awkward country girl, the daughter of Foresight, a superstitious old fool who claims to be an astrologer.

Author

William Congreve was an English playwright and poet. Congreve spent his childhood in Ireland, where his father, a Cavalier, had settled during the reign of Charles II. Congreve was educated at Kilkenny College where he met Jonathan Swift, who would be his friend for the remainder of his life; and at Trinity College in Dublin. William Congreve wrote some of the most popular English plays of the Restoration period.