She Stoops to Conquer
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/383
Full text online
An Essay on the Theatre
http://www.theatredatabase.com/18th_century/essay_on_the_theatre_001.html
Text of Oliver Goldsmith's essay online
The Question and Answer section for She Stoops to Conquer is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
While the play is not explicitly a tract on class, the theme is central to it. The decisions the characters make and their perspectives on one another, are all largely based on what class they are a part of. Where Tony openly loves low-class...
Called "Miss Hardcastle" in the play. The heroine of the play, she is able to balance the "refined simplicity" of country life with the love of life associated with the town. She pretends to be a barmaid in order to judge her suitor Marlow's true...
Even without reading the play, the irony of the title is obvious, since the "she" in question is lowering herself in order to prove herself superior. In context of the play, the title could be argued to refer both to Kate's plan to trap Marlow and...