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Buch (Softcover): Belletristik
The Scornful Lady
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Verlag:
Double9 Books Llp Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35637305
EAN: 9789378306150
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Fr, 28.08.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 27.50
Beschreibung
The scornful lady is a sharp social comedy built around pride, emotional testing, and the risks of manipulating love to prove loyalty. The story centers on a determined woman who sets an extreme condition for commitment, turning romance into a trial of honor and obedience. This demand drives conflict among close companions and exposes tensions between friendship, desire, reputation, and personal integrity. The dramatic movement relies on quick dialogue, reversals, and ironic situations that question whether devotion proven under pressure is genuine or coerced. Alongside the central conflict, secondary threads explore courtship strategy, disguise, rivalry, and the contrast between calculated behavior and sincere feeling. The tone balances satire with emotional stakes, presenting attraction as a contest shaped by ego and social expectation. Wit and confrontation reveal how easily affection becomes negotiation when status and pride dominate judgment. The play ultimately presents love as unstable when governed by control rather than trust, using humor and escalation to examine power, vulnerability, and reconciliation in intimate relationships.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Francis Fletcher Beaumont
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 88