A review by holtfan
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

4.0

Surprisingly funny and readable for something written in the 1700s! It relies on larger than life characters and ridiculous misunderstandings all carried off with zeal and bawdy humor. I want to see it performed!

(I'm currently toiling through Samuel Richardson's [b:Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded|417549|Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded|Samuel Richardson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1387740117s/417549.jpg|2214950], and while that book precedes this play by a good 30 years, I do believe She Stoops to Conqueror might have re-reconciled me to eighteenth century literature. At least until I pick up Pamela again.)