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School for Scandal

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Book Overview: 

Lady Sneerwell wants to marry Charles Surface, while Joseph Surface wants to marry Maria, an heiress and ward of Sir Peter Teazle. Maria, however, prefers Charles over Joseph. In order to detach her from Charles, Lady Sneerwell and Joseph spread rumors about an affair between Charles and Lady Teazle, Sir Peter's new young wife. Meanwhile, Sir Oliver Surface, newly returned from the East Indies, assumes various disguises to test his nephews' characters. Misunderstandings, mistaken identities, gossip, and bad behavior abound in this uproarious comedy.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . . who report such things are equally culpable.

MRS. CANDOUR. To be sure they are[;] Tale Bearers are as bad as the Tale makers—'tis an old observation and a very true one—but what's to be done as I said before—how will you prevent People from talking—to-day, Mrs. Clackitt assured me, Mr. and Mrs. Honeymoon were at last become mere man and wife—like [the rest of their] acquaintance—she likewise hinted that a certain widow in the next street had got rid of her Dropsy and recovered her shape in a most surprising manner—at the same [time] Miss Tattle, who was by affirm'd, that Lord Boffalo had discover'd his Lady at a house of no extraordinary Fame—and that Sir Harry Bouquet and Tom Saunter were to measure swords on a similar Provocation. But—Lord! do you think I would report these Things—No, no[!] Tale Bearers as I said be. . . Read More

Community Reviews

This fun play parodies the social lives of 18th century lords and ladies, poking fun at their interactions and adding a moral lesson or two about spreading gossip. All the stereotypes are at play: the aging man and his much-younger bride; the two brothers both beset in dramas of their own; the young

It's About the Money
16 September 2017

I have to admit that I hate it when I go to all the trouble to write a review and then proceed to lose it. One of the main reasons is that I write it in a word processor, and then read through it before posting it up on Goodreads. Anyway, I went to all the troub

مسرحية تحكي عن حياة النميمة، تغلغلها في الوسط الأرستقراطي الإنجليزي،
ويحكي بشكل ساخر ما كان يجري على ألسنة الناس،
هي فترة في عموم أدب الإنجليز لها أسلوبها المتفرد،

عمل جيد، ثلاث نجوم من أصل خمسة.

هذه المسرحية مليئة بالثرثرة، والحديث اليومي، والسير الثابت نحو النهاية السعيدة المثلى، والأحداث والشخوص الذي أريد لها تزجية الوقت والمتعة قبل طرح أو نقد سلوكيات المجتمع وعواطفه وقتئذ. ولعل بعد عهد كتابة أهمّ أعمال ريتشارد شيريدان - قرابة 240 عامًا - كفيلة بتغيّر الذّوق من ذلك الوقت حتى الآن؛ غير أن

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