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Captain Underwit

By William Cavendish, William Percy, Anna Faktorovich (Translator)
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By William Cavendish, William Percy, Anna Faktorovich (Translator)

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A country comedy about the absurdly corrupt purchases of military titles.

Captain Underwit has succeeded in becoming a "paper" Captain by bribing the Lieutenant with favors and a below-value land-purchase. Underwit then sends his servant Thomas to purchase books to prepare him to actually carry out military duties, but Thomas instead purchases the "Shakespeare" Folio, and other impractical or irrelevant books in a manner that echoes Don Quixote's belief he could imitate the actions of knight...

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