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Riassunto: 4 min di lettura
- Tempo di lettura
- Circa 1 h 35 min1 h 15 min fast, 1 h 50 min slow
- Durata
- 22.100 parole
- Livello nella biblioteca
- Medio longer sentences, everyday words
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1773by Oliver Goldsmith
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For anyone who enjoys quick, farcical comedy, clever women and gentle satire of snobbery, and for students of eighteenth-century theatre.
Che cos’è questo libro
What if one small lie could ruin a whole night for two gentlemen and a country household? In She Stoops to Conquer, Oliver Goldsmith answers the sentimental comedies of his day with honest laughter. First staged in London in 1773, the play rests on one large mistake that grows with every scene. Two young men ride into the country, and a joker sends them to what they think is an inn. It is really the home of the girl one of them has come to meet. A clever young woman turns the muddle to her own use.
In questo riassunto
- 1A country house stuck in the pastFree
- 2Two travelers are sent astray
- 3Marlow treats a gentleman like a host for hire
- 4Kate stoops to find the real man
- 5Jewels, letters and a joker's tricks
- 6Class, shyness and the cost of manners
- 7How the farce is built and told
Punto chiave 1 di 7
A country house stuck in the past
Mr Hardcastle loves old friends, old customs and old ways. His wife longs for London fashions and calls their home dull. Her son Tony Lumpkin prefers the alehouse to the drawing room and loves a practical joke.
Mrs Hardcastle guards the jewels of her niece Constance Neville and wants her to marry Tony. Neither young person wants the match. Constance loves another man.
Kate Hardcastle is lively and sensible. Her father has arranged for her to meet Charles Marlow, a possible husband. He warns that the young man is a little shy. That remark is the key to the whole play.
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- LengthAbout 22,100 words
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Questions about Lei si abbassa per conquistare; ovvero, Gli equivoci di una notte: una commedia
What is She Stoops to Conquer about?
It is a comedy about two young men who are tricked into thinking a private house is an inn. The mistake leads to rude behavior, secret plans and a clever young woman who uses it to win the man she loves.
Why is it called She Stoops to Conquer?
Kate Hardcastle lowers her social rank by pretending to be a barmaid. She does this to win Marlow, who is shy with ladies but at ease with women he thinks are servants. Stooping is her way to conquer.
When was She Stoops to Conquer written and first performed?
Goldsmith wrote it in the early 1770s, and it was first staged at Covent Garden Theatre in London in 1773. It is a work of fiction, not a true story.
Is She Stoops to Conquer hard to read?
No. It is a play with plain, lively speech and a clear plot. The jokes and the mistakes are easy to follow.
Who is Tony Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer?
Tony is Mrs Hardcastle's son by an earlier marriage. He is a fun-loving young man who prefers the alehouse to society. His practical joke sends Marlow and Hastings to the wrong house and sets the plot going.
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Goldsmith, Oliver. She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/she-stoops-to-conquer-or-the-mistakes-of-a-night-a-comedy.
Goldsmith, O. (2026). She stoops to conquer; or, the mistakes of a night: A comedy. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/she-stoops-to-conquer-or-the-mistakes-of-a-night-a-comedy (Original work published 1773)
Goldsmith, Oliver. She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/she-stoops-to-conquer-or-the-mistakes-of-a-night-a-comedy.
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