id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2273 William Congreve - Wikipedia .html text/html 2657 372 74 William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. William Congreve shaped the English comedy of manners through his use of satire and well-written dialogue. Congreve achieved fame in 1693 when he wrote some of the most popular English plays of the Restoration period. He reportedly was particularly stung by a critique written by Jeremy Collier (A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage), to the point that he wrote a long reply, "Amendments of Mr. Collier's False and Imperfect Citations." Although no longer on the stage, Congreve continued his literary art. Two of Congreve's phrases from The Mourning Bride (1697) have become famous, although sometimes misquoted or misattributed to William Shakespeare.[6] The comedies of William Congreve (3 ed.). The Double-Dealer: A Comedy by William Congreve. Love for Love: A Comedy by William Congreve. Congreve, William (1 January 1753). "Life and Work." William Congreve. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2273.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2273.txt