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The Farmer's Wife a Comedy in Three Acts

The Farmer's Wife a Comedy in Three Acts

Phillpotts, Eden

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ISBN10: 1432602268
ISBN13: 9781432602260
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 25 2004
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Farmer's Wife is a comedic play written by Eden Phillpotts. The story revolves around a farmer named Samuel Sweetland who has recently become a widower. His housekeeper, Araminta, has been taking care of him and his daughter, but Samuel feels it's time to remarry. He sets his sights on a young and attractive woman named Louisa who works at a nearby dairy. However, Louisa is not interested in Samuel and instead has her eyes on his hired hand, John. The play follows the attempts of Samuel and Araminta to win over Louisa and John, as well as the comedic hijinks that ensue. Throughout the play, themes of love, class, and societal expectations are explored. The Farmer's Wife is a lighthearted and entertaining play that showcases Phillpotts' skill at crafting witty dialogue and memorable characters.1917. Eden Phillpotts, British novelist, poet, and dramatist, was the author of many novels, plays and poems about Dartmoor. The Farmer's Wife follows a widower who lives on a farm with his housekeeper and is combing the countryside in search of a wife, blind to the attachment his housekeeper has developed for him. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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