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John Webster


Born
London, England
Genre
Drama


John Webster (c.1580 – c.1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil (1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (1613), which are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare.

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Average rating: 3.67 · 23,979 ratings · 990 reviews · 123 distinct works • Similar authors
The Duchess of Malfi
3.63 avg rating — 18,618 ratings — published 1614 — 506 editions
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The Duchess of Malfi and Ot...
3.89 avg rating — 2,130 ratings — published 1624 — 14 editions
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The White Devil
3.60 avg rating — 2,271 ratings — published 1612 — 172 editions
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The Duchess of Malfi, The W...
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Three Plays: The White Devi...
3.77 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1972 — 11 editions
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The Devil's Law-Case
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3.09 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1617 — 16 editions
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Complete Works of John Webster
4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1927 — 30 editions
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The White Devil and the Duc...
3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994 — 60 editions
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Famous Plays by Webster and...
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Sir Thomas Wyatt
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Quotes by John Webster  (?)
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“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust
Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust”
― John Webster
tags: life
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“Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle. She died young.”
― John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
tags: death, jacobean-tragedy, murder, youth
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“Whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust
Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust”
― John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
tags: beautiful, favourite-quote, tragedy
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Polls

January 2022 Short Story/Novella Poll

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 108pages+-, 1872
 
  38 votes, 22.0%

The Altar of the Dead by Henry James, 48 pages+-, 1895
 
  37 votes, 21.4%

The Hand by Guy de Maupassant, 32 pages, 1875
 
  33 votes, 19.1%

Burning Secret by Stefan Zweig, 128 pages, 1913
 
  23 votes, 13.3%

The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, 134 pages+-, 1614
 
  22 votes, 12.7%

 
  10 votes, 5.8%

The Hunting Gun by Yasushi Inoue, 74 pages, 1949
 
  10 votes, 5.8%

173 total votes
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