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I just finished the book and thought it'd be best to write down my thoughts on it. This isn't going to be much of a review, I'm sorry!

So, I have this habit of reading goodreads reviews of other readers of books that I finish reading and in this book's reviews, I saw people call it as 'light comedy'. Well, truth be told, it is NOT a light comedy! The book is filled with heavy dialogues that are mostly fillers and have no real purpose of being there, except to demonstrate the wit or false wit, in a few cases, of the characters. The drama is a restoration comedy and so puts forth a stark naked picture of the immoral, licentious and conceited upper-class people of the 17th century, with every man and woman either being utterly stupid, or engaging in multiple relationships.

The play, though now considered to be the epitome of Restoration Comedy, wasn't received well upon it's dramatisation back then, owing to the complex plot structure of the story that has excessively bulky dialogues and almost no action. Besides, characters are introduced with such force, and yet, many a scenes are not well provided with details, like the scene where Lady Wishfort, upon coming to realise the treachery of Sir Rowland, still pretends that nothing has happened on his face, but in the next scene, without any deliberation, begins shouting at her maid Foible, blaming her for the treachery.

Being a comedy, of course it made me laugh a few laughs, and appreciate a good too many witty dialogues, but overall, reading this was a tedious job and I did it only for class. I do not recommend it for anyone other than Literature students, because A. it is quite lengthy and boring in the most parts B. it isn't the kind of story that must be told and read, life can go on well without this.
But other than that, if anyone wants to get a taste of the 17th century upper-class British society, then this is the work you should pick up.