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7501717Delphi Complete Works of Susanna Centlivre Illustratedhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/delphi-complete-works-of-susanna-centlivre-illustrated-9781801702478/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7055291/image.jpg?v=6388380612578700007676MXNDelphi Publishing LtdInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>The most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century,<br />Susanna Centlivre enjoyed a long career at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where she became known as the second woman of the English stage, after Aphra Behn. She penned entertaining dramas that avoided rough satiric material, poking fun instead at general human nature. She adopted many of the comic types of the Restoration stage, treating them with a tolerance uncharacteristic of her times. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Centlivres complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)</strong></p><p> Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Centlivres life and works<br /> Concise introductions to the major texts<br /> All 19 plays, with individual contents tables<br /> Features rare dramas appearing for the first time in digital publishing<br /> Images of how the plays were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts<br /> Includes Centlivres complete poetry available here for the first time in publishing history<br /> Also includes Centlivres epistles available in no other collection<br /> Features a bonus biography discover Centlivres theatrical life<br /> Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres</p><p>CONTENTS:</p><p>The Plays<br />The Perjurd Husband (1700)<br />The Beaus Duel (1702)<br />The Stolen Heiress (1702)<br />Loves Contrivance (1703)<br />The Gamester (1705)<br />The Basset Table (1705)<br />Love at a Venture (1706)<br />The Platonick Lady (1706)<br />The Busie Body (1709)<br />The Mans Bewitched (1709)<br />A Bickerstaffs Burying (1710)<br />Marplot (1710)<br />The Perplexd Lovers (1712)<br />The Wonder (1714)<br />A Gotham Election (1715)<br />A Wife Well Managed (1715)<br />The Cruel Gift (1716)<br />A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718)<br />The Artifice (1722)</p><p>The Poetry<br />The Poetry of Susanna Centlivre</p><p>The Letters<br />Familiar and Courtly Letters (1700)<br />The Second Volume of Familiar Letters as Astraea (1701)<br />Letters of Wit, Politicks and Morality as Astraea (1701)</p><p>The Biography<br />Susannah Centlivre (1900) by John Joseph Knight</p>...7083313Delphi Complete Works of Susanna Centlivre Illustrated7676https://www.gandhi.com.mx/delphi-complete-works-of-susanna-centlivre-illustrated-9781801702478/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7055291/image.jpg?v=638838061257870000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259781801702478_W3siaWQiOiIxNDFkODM3Yi1jNjAzLTQyYmYtODc0Mi0xYzA3Yzc3MDEzNjEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjc4LCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo3OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6IklwcCIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDUtMDVUMTA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781801702478_<p><strong>The most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century,<br />Susanna Centlivre enjoyed a long career at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where she became known as the second woman of the English stage, after Aphra Behn. She penned entertaining dramas that avoided rough satiric material, poking fun instead at general human nature. She adopted many of the comic types of the Restoration stage, treating them with a tolerance uncharacteristic of her times. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Centlivres complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)</strong></p><p> Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Centlivres life and works<br /> Concise introductions to the major texts<br /> All 19 plays, with individual contents tables<br /> Features rare dramas appearing for the first time in digital publishing<br /> Images of how the plays were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts<br /> Includes Centlivres complete poetry available here for the first time in publishing history<br /> Also includes Centlivres epistles available in no other collection<br /> Features a bonus biography discover Centlivres theatrical life<br /> Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres</p><p>CONTENTS:</p><p>The Plays<br />The Perjurd Husband (1700)<br />The Beaus Duel (1702)<br />The Stolen Heiress (1702)<br />Loves Contrivance (1703)<br />The Gamester (1705)<br />The Basset Table (1705)<br />Love at a Venture (1706)<br />The Platonick Lady (1706)<br />The Busie Body (1709)<br />The Mans Bewitched (1709)<br />A Bickerstaffs Burying (1710)<br />Marplot (1710)<br />The Perplexd Lovers (1712)<br />The Wonder (1714)<br />A Gotham Election (1715)<br />A Wife Well Managed (1715)<br />The Cruel Gift (1716)<br />A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718)<br />The Artifice (1722)</p><p>The Poetry<br />The Poetry of Susanna Centlivre</p><p>The Letters<br />Familiar and Courtly Letters (1700)<br />The Second Volume of Familiar Letters as Astraea (1701)<br />Letters of Wit, Politicks and Morality as Astraea (1701)</p><p>The Biography<br />Susannah Centlivre (1900) by John Joseph Knight</p>...9781801702478_Delphi Publishing Ltdlibro_electonico_9781801702478_9781801702478Susanna CentlivreInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/content2connect_drm-epub-980b23a4-8d5b-403d-bf34-88a135d1780c.epub2025-04-14T00:00:00+00:00Delphi Publishing Ltd