TY - BOOK AU - Congreve, William AU - Chakrabarti, Shirshendu, ed. TI - The way of the world SN - 9788125028734 U1 - 822.4 PY - 2007/// CY - Hyderabad PB - Orient Longman KW - Manners and customs KW - English drama KW - England--London KW - Adultery KW - Upper class KW - Extortion KW - English drama (Comedy) KW - English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan N2 - This edition, besides elucidating the text, attempts to bring out its larger social implications and moorings. It thus addresses a lingering prejudice about the shallowness and moral bankruptcy of the Restoration comedy of manners. The author has analyzed, before examining the play, the social and historical background of the author and his works. Further, he has also added a brief discussion of the Restoration comedy, including the other comedies of Congreve ER -