Woe from Wit: A Verse Comedy in Four Acts by Betsy Hulick, Angela Brintlinger, Alexander Griboyedov

Woe from Wit: A Verse Comedy in Four Acts

Betsy Hulick, Angela Brintlinger, Alexander Griboyedov

200 pages first pub 1862 (editions)

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Alexander Griboedov's Woe from Wit is one of the masterpieces of Russian drama. A verse comedy set in Moscow high society after the Napoleonic wars, it offers sharply drawn characters and clever repartee, mixing meticulously crafted banter and bit...

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3.92
based on 431 reviews

Moods

funny: 62%

lighthearted: 50%

reflective: 50%

challenging: 25%

emotional: 12%


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Loveable characters?

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