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The Beggars' Opera [Audiobook] download free by John Gay

The Beggars' Opera Audiobook download free by John Gay
  • Listen audiobook: The Beggars' Opera
  • Author: John Gay
  • Release date: 1999/8/27
  • Publisher: DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC.
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
  • ISBN: 9780486408880
  • Rating: 8.99 of 10
  • Votes: 406
  • Review by: Giovanni Coffman
  • Review rating: 8.26 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/9/21
  • Duration: 50M20S in 256 kbps (12.8 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-20
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: AIFF, MPEG4, MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, WavPack, MPC (compression GZ, RZ, RAR, TZ, ZIP, TAR.GZ)
  • Total pages original book: 64
  • Includes a PDF summary of 7 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 4M44S (1.4 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: The great lords and powerful public officials of early 18th century England are represented as highwaymen and thieves in this deliciously satirical ballad opera. In addition to its burlesque of the contemporary vogue for Italian operatic styles, John Gay's 1728 masterpiece ridicules a broad spectrum of political figures and social conventions - marriage, lawyers, trade, and even Walpole, the prime minister. Depicting crime and vice at every level of society, The Beggar's Opera offers a witty and powerful indictment of greed, hypocrisy, and corruption in all social classes. When Peachum, a receiver of stolen goods, discovers that a notorious highwayman has eloped with his daughter, the wily old villain turns informer and collects the reward money as his prospective son-in-law is hauled off to prison. Events take an increasingly absurd turn as the dashing outlaw romances the jailer's daughter and effects an escape, only to return to the shadow of the gallows for a farcical climax that parodies the sentimental tragedy of the day. The Beggar's Opera is in the satirical tradition of Swift and Pope. Its enduring relevance was recognized two centuries later by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, who used it as the basis for their landmark musical, The Threepenny Opera. This attractive, inexpensive edition of an influential comic gem will be applauded by theater lovers, students of literature and history, and other readers.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Plays, Playscripts
  • Download servers: 4Shared, ExtraTorrent, BitShare, FileServe, Microsoft OneDrive. Compressed in GZ, RZ, RAR, TZ, ZIP, TAR.GZ
  • Format: Paperback
  • Approximate value: 3.43 USD
  • Dimensions: 133x210x4mm
  • Weight: 59g
  • Printed by: Not Available
  • Published in: New York, United States

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Categories: 1999, Poetry and Drama, English, DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC.
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Publishers
BLACK INC. CREATESPACE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING PLATFORM BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL PUBLISHING GROUP INC CITY LIGHTS BOOKS WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY
Languages
French Not Available German English Spanish
Years
1997 2009 1992 1998 1993
Genres
Romance Poetry and Drama