7 Top plays books like The Way of the World by William Congreve

Cover of The Way of the World by William Congreve

The Way of the World

By: William Congreve

3.31

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca…

"One no more owes one's beauty to a lover than one's wit to an echo"

-William Congreve, The Way of the World

If you liked the plays plot in The Way of the World by William Congreve , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Everyman by Anonymous, Unknown

1. Everyman

By: Anonymous , Unknown

3.27

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

Everyman is a medieval morality play that was first performed in the late 15th century. The play te… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

2. Moll Flanders

By: Daniel Defoe

3.52

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781853260735. The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Fla… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • literature
  • 18th century
  • fiction
"I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm."

-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders

"I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over..."

-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders

"Thus the Government of our Virtue was broken and I exchang'd the Place of Friend for that unmusical harsh-sounding Title of Whore."

-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders

"He look'd a little disorder'd, when he said this, but I did not apprehend any thing from it at that time, believing as it us'd to be said, that they who do those things never talk of them; or that th…"

-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders

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3. Dr. Faustus

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.80

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus book and William Congreve's The Way of the World

  • classics
  • school
  • literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
"Hell is just a frame of mind."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Be silent then, for danger is in words."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

Cover of The Way of the World by William Congreve

4. The Way of the World

By: William Congreve

3.31

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more

Similar categories in William Congreve's The Way of the World book and William Congreve's The Way of the World

  • classics
  • school
  • british literature
  • literature
  • humor
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • 18th century
  • plays
  • drama
"One no more owes one's beauty to a lover than one's wit to an echo"

-William Congreve, The Way of the World

Cover of The Rover by Aphra Behn, Simon Trussler

5. The Rover

By: Aphra Behn , Simon Trussler

3.18

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

Aphra Behn was the first female professional writer in England and the most prolific playwright of … read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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6. Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze

By: Eliza Fowler Haywood

3.86

Format: 568 pages, Paperback

Eliza Haywood (1693-1756) (born Elizabeth Fowler) was an English writer, actress and publisher. Sin… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Fowler Haywood's Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze book and William Congreve's The Way of the World

  • 18th century
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
Cover of She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

7. She Stoops to Conquer

By: Oliver Goldsmith

3.91

Format: 20 pages,

This comic masterpiece mocked the simple morality of sentimental comedies. Subtitled The Mistakes o… read more

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  • classics
  • humor
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • 18th century
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Volpone by Ben Jonson

8. Volpone

By: Ben Jonson

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bitter, satiric comedy in blank verse is one of the great Elizabethan dramatist's finest plays. The… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Cymbeline by William Shakespeare, Harold Bloom, Gabriele Baldini

9. Cymbeline

By: William Shakespeare , Harold Bloom , Gabriele Baldini

3.50

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

Cymbeline also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain or The Tragedy of Cymbeline, is a play by Willia… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

10. A Modest Proposal

By: Jonathan Swift

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Thei… read more

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11. The Book of Margery Kempe

By: Margery Kempe , Lynn Staley

2.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Contexts" collects primary readings that illuminateThe Book of Margery Kempe. Included are excerpt… read more

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Cover of Gulliver’s Travels by Louis Rhead, Jonathan Swift, William Dean Howells, Robert DeMaria Jr.

12. Gulliver’s Travels

By: Louis Rhead , Jonathan Swift , William Dean Howells , Robert DeMaria Jr.

3.58

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and… read more

Similar categories in Louis Rhead's Gulliver’s Travels book and William Congreve's The Way of the World

  • classics
  • school
  • british literature
  • literature
  • fiction
  • 18th century
"Anlamadığınız bir insanı "delidir" diye nitelemek o kadar kolaydır ki!"

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"we neither of us are able to deliver our conceptions in a manner intelligible to the other."

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"معظم ابناء جلدتك هم أخبث سلالة من الحشرات المؤذية البغيضة التي سمحت لها الطبيعة بالزحف على وجخ الأرض"

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"... a wife should be always a reasonable and agreeable companion, because she cannot always be young."

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

13. The School for Scandal

By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

2.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The School for Scandal" is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upp… read more

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14. Oroonoko

By: Aphra Behn , Janet Todd

3.78

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, th… read more

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15. The Rape of the Lock

By: Alexander Pope

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A satirical poem that intentionally over-dramatizes an incident in which a lock of a woman's hair i… read more

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16. The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

By: Samuel Johnson , None

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Rasselas--regarded as Johnson's most creative work--presents the story of the journey of Rasselas a… read more

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17. Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded

By: Samuel Richardson , Thomas Keymer , Alice Wakely

3.97

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

One of the most spectacular successes of the flourishing literary marketplace of eighteenth-century… read more

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18. Edward II

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.96

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

The last of Marlowe's great dramas, often considered his masterpiece. read more

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19. The Country Wife

By: William Wycherley , None

3.91

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

'Cuckolds like lovers should themselves deceive' So concludes one of Wycherley's most revived and m… read more

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20. The Duchess of Malfi

By: John Webster

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Webster's The Duchess of M… read more

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21. Joseph Andrews

By: Henry Fielding

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Joseph Andrews refuses Lady Booby's advances, she discharges him, and Joseph and his old tutor, Par… read more

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10 best-selling fiction books like The Way of the World by William Congreve

Transform Your Habits

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Anonymous , Unknown

3.27

Transform Your Habits

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Daniel Defoe

3.52

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Christopher Marlowe

3.80

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William Congreve

3.31

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Transform Your Habits

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3.27

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Arden of Faversham

Anonymous , Unknown , Martin White , Tom Lockwood

3.47

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3.80

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3.31

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