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William congreve was born in london in 1670 and was educated at kilkenny school and at trinity college. English playwright and the greatest master of pure comedy, william congreve wrote some of the most popular english plays of the restoration period of the late 17th century. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. The project gutenberg ebook, the way of the world, by william congreve this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the united states and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Feb 02, 2012 buy the way of the world by congreve, william from amazons fiction books store.
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