-Cover of the 1786 version with a poem by Author Boggs.

FULL LENGTH TEXTS

♦ Click to read Brief Summary of Argument.

♣ Click to read Complete Paper.

PRIMARY SOURCES

♠ Click to see Wycherley's Original 1675 Text version of The Country Wife in comparison to the completely reworked 1786 Edition in which Horner does not even appear!
 

♥ Click to read Reviews and Playhouse Advertisements of the play over the course of the Restoration to see how opinions of Wycherley's work change over time. (.jpg)

SECONDARY SOURCES

♦ Click to read Annotated Bibliography with links to full Articles, Scholarship, and Books concerning Horner, the Rake-Hero, and concepts of Restoration Morality.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

♣ Click to find out more about the mysterious young man, Tucker Laffitte.