The Rivals
Credits: Richard Brinsley Sheridan (author)
Summary
Captain Absolute woos the romantic Lydia Languish while pretending to be a penniless ensign, and finds his own father promising him to her, so that he has to court her in both identities. The play also gave English the word malapropism, in the speeches of Mrs Malaprop. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.
Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.