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CONTENTS: GENERAL INTRODUCTION Congreve’s Life and Works Chronology of Important Dates Congreve and His Times Restoration Theatre Restoration Drama Heroic Tragedy Restoration Comedy Jeremy Collier and Restoration Drama Lamb on Restoration Comedy Jonson on Restoration Comedy Congreve’s Dramatic Work Macaulay on Congreve Louis Cazamian on Congreve Congreve’s Art Congreve’s Style INTRODUCTION TO THE PLAY Act-wise Summary of the Play Date of Composition and Production of the Play The Plot of the Play he ‘Most Famous Scene’ in the Play Characters of the Play Critical Estimate of the Play The Way of the World and Congreve’s Achievement Opinions of Critics TEXT VVITH PARAPHRASE Dedication Dramatis Personae Prologue Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Epilogue NOTES AND ANNOTATIONS Dedication Prologue Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V EXPLANATIONS OF IMPORTANT PASSAGES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SUMMARY IN HINDI OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SHORT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS