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      Paperback A Game of Love and Chance Book
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      ISBN: 1854598961

      ISBN13: 9781854598967

      Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard

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      Classical French Drama ; The Cid ; Phaedra ; The Intellectual Ladies ; The Game of Love and Chance ; The Barber of Seville
      Classical French Drama ; The Cid ; Phaedra ; The Intellectual Ladies ; The Game of Love and Chance ; The Barber of Seville
      Pierrre Fowlie, Wallae (Translator/Editor) ; Gassner, John (Editor) ; Corneille

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      The best known play by one of the most performed French playwrights

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      British & Irish Criticism & Theory Drama Education & Reference Fiction Foreign Language Fiction Foreign Language Study & Reference History History & Criticism Literature & Fiction

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      Rated 4 stars
      The best play by an important playwright, ignored in English

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      It is often claimed that Beaumarchais' Figaro plays are a milestone in French drama, subversive works that question the hierarchical power of the aristocracy, while celebrating the resourcefulness of servants. But Beaumarchais did not come out of nowhere, and many of his themes were already developed half a century earlier in the comic drama of Marivaux. In 'The Game of Love and Chance', for instance, the heroine Silvia,...

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      Rated 5 stars
      Love and laughter

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      This is an absolutely lovely play. The subject is something like Shakespeare's play "Twelth Night," a humorous love story with occasional mix-ups and confusion for the characters. Marivaux is a great writer, the play is beautifully written, and would be a joy to read for that alone. The plot is interesting, not too predictable, and will keep you turning pages. I read this only in French, and would recommend it to all...

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