Woe from Wit: A Verse Comedy in Four Acts by Alexander Griboyedov

Woe from Wit: A Verse Comedy in Four Acts

Alexander Griboyedov with Betsy Hulick (Translator)

200 pages first pub 1862 (view 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 439 reviews

Moods

funny: 57%

reflective: 57%

lighthearted: 42%

challenging: 28%

emotional: 14%


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Loveable characters?

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