a comedy (1773) by Oliver Goldsmith.
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She Stoops to Conquer [She Stoops to Conquer]
the best-known play (1773) by Oliver Goldsmith. It is a comedy based on a ↑misunderstanding. Marlow, a shy young man, goes with a friend to visit the Hardcastle family because their parents hope that he and Miss Hardcastle will marry. The friends get lost on the way and look for an ↑inn (= a pub that is also a small hotel) but actually arrive at the Hardcastles’ house. Most of the humour comes from the way Marlow treats the family when he thinks that their house is an ↑inn and that Miss Hardcastle is a servant.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.