The Country Wife

note on virtuous gang.

Full description of virtuous gang's role in the play.

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These are the women who have termed themselves Virtuous and hence ascribe the quality of virtue to their names. I feel that the author, William Wycherely placed this women as a satire for the play. They are a mirror to the morally corrupt Restoration period.