You'd laugh if I treated you with the respect I feel.
An eligible suitor has been found for Sylvia but, determined to judge him for herself, she swaps roles with her maid. Meanwhile the suitor and his manservant have the same idea. Before long each believes they are fatally attracted to their social opposite. Sylvia's well-intentioned father looks on as the two couples attempt to make sense of their desires and ultimately lose themselves to love.
From eighteenth-century France, John Fowles transports us to Regency England in this elegant adaptation of Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard, Marivaux's greatest comedy.
The Lottery of Love premiered at the Orange Tree, Richmond, in March 2017.
This book contains an introduction by John Fowles.
Autorentext
Pierre Marivaux and John Fowles
Zusammenfassung
You'd laugh if I treated you with the respect I feel. An eligible suitor has been found for Sylvia but, determined to judge him for herself, she swaps roles with her maid. Meanwhile the suitor and his manservant have the same idea. Before long each believes they are fatally attracted to their social opposite. Sylvia's well-intentioned father looks on as the two couples attempt to make sense of their desires and ultimately lose themselves to love. From eighteenth-century France, John Fowles transports us to Regency England in this elegant adaptation of Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard, Marivaux's greatest comedy. The Lottery of Love premiered at the Orange Tree, Richmond, in March 2017. This book contains an introduction by John Fowles.
Titel
The Lottery of Love
Untertitel
in a translation
Autor
Übersetzer
EAN
9780571339242
ISBN
978-0-571-33924-2
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
27.04.2017
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
0.15 MB
Anzahl Seiten
96
Jahr
2017
Untertitel
Englisch
Auflage
Main
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