The Old Bachelor: A Comedy
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About This Book
The Old Bachelor is Heartwell, a surly old pretended woman-hater, who falls in love with Silvia, not knowing her to be the forsaken mistress of Vainlove, and is lured into marrying her, only discovering her true character afterwards, from the gibes of his acquaintances. The parson who has been brought in to marry them, however, is in fact Vainlove's friend Belmour, who has assumed the disguise for the purpose of an intrigue with Laetitia, the young wife of an uxorious old banker, Fondlewife; and Heartwell is relieved to discover that the marriage was a pretence.
Chapters (114)
- INTRODUCTION
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- THE OLD BACHELOR A COMEDY
- TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES, LORD CLIFFORD OF LANESBOROUGH, ETC.
- TO MR. CONGREVE.
- TO MR. CONGREVE.
- TO MR. CONGREVE, ON HIS PLAY CALLED THE OLD BACHELOR.
- PROLOGUE INTENDED FOR THE OLD BACHELOR. Written by the Lord Falkland.
- PROLOGUE. Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle.
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- MEN.
- WOMEN.
- ACT I.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- ACT II.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- SCENE VIII.
- SCENE IX.
- ACT III.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- SCENE VIII.
- SCENE IX.
- SCENE X.
- SCENE XI.
- ACT IV.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- SCENE VIII.
- SCENE IX.
- SCENE X.
- SCENE XI.
- SCENE XII.
- SCENE XIII.
- SCENE XIV.
- SCENE XV.
- SCENE XVI.
- SCENE XVII.
- SCENE XVIII.
- SCENE XIX.
- SCENE XX.
- SCENE XXI.
- SCENE XXII.
- ACT V.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- SCENE VIII.
- SCENE IX.
- SCENE X.
- SCENE XI.
- SCENE XII.
- SCENE XIII.
- SCENE XIV.
- SCENE the Last
- A DANCE.
- EPILOGUE. Spoken by Mrs. Barry.
- p. vii
- p. viii
- p. ix
- p. x
- p. xi
- p. xii
- p. xiii
- p. xiv
- p. xv
- p. xvi
- p. xvii
- p. xviii
- p. xix
- p. xx
- p. xxi
- p. xxii
- p. xxiii
- p. xxiv
- p. xxv
- p. xxvi
- p. xxvii
- p. xxviii
- p. xxix
- p. xxx
- p. xxxi
- p. xxxii
- p. xxxiii
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