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""Kensington Gardens, Or The Pretenders: A Comedy"" is a play written by John Leigh and first published in 1720. The play is set in Kensington Gardens, a popular public park in London, and follows the story of a group of young people who are all vying for the attention and affections of the same woman. The play is a comedy of manners, with a focus on the social interactions and relationships between the characters. Throughout the play, there are many misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglements, all of which lead to a series of amusing and entertaining situations. The play also touches on themes of love, jealousy, and class differences, and offers a satirical commentary on the social norms and conventions of the time. Overall, ""Kensington Gardens, Or The Pretenders: A Comedy"" is a witty and engaging play that provides a fascinating glimpse into the social and cultural milieu of early 18th century London.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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It was not only in his histories that Voltaire thought, worried and wrote about history.

Kensington Gardens, Or The Pretenders: A Comedy is a play written by John Leigh in 1720. The story is set in Kensington Gardens, where two young men, Tom and Jack, pretend to be the Duke of Buckingham and the Earl of Rochester, respectively. They attempt to woo two women, Lady Charlotte and Lady Harriet, who are also pretending to be someone else. Lady Charlotte is pretending to be a shepherdess, while Lady Harriet is pretending to be a gypsy. The play is full of mistaken identities, misunderstandings, and humorous situations. It satirizes the social norms and conventions of the time, particularly the pretensions of the aristocracy. The play was popular in its time and is still considered a classic of Restoration comedy.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Many of the West's best writers fought in duels or wrote about them, seduced by glamour or risk or recklessness. A gift as a plot device, the duel also offered a way to discover how we face fears of humiliation, pain, and death. John Leigh's literary history of the duel illuminates these and other tensions attending the birth of the modern world.