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John Webster (c.1580 – c.1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, 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: 3.57 · 2,504 ratings · 84 reviews · 71 distinct works

	The Duchess of Malfi 3.54 avg rating — 1,908 ratings — published 1623 — 54 editions	My rating:
	The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays: The White Devil; The Duchess of Malfi; The Devil's Law-Case; A Cure for a Cuckold 3.80 avg rating — 306 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	The White Devil 3.43 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1612 — 28 editions	My rating:
	Three Plays: The White Devil; The Duchess of Malfi; The Devil's Law-Case by John Webster, David C. Gunby (Introduction) 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1973	My rating:
	Eberhard Jungel: An Introduction to His Theology 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	Introduction to Fungi by John Webster, Roland Weber 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1977 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Famous Plays by Webster and Ford by John Webster, John Ford 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	My rating:
	Word and Church: Essays in Church Dogmatics 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Management and Welfare of Farm Animals: UFAW Farm Handbook 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	My rating:
	The White Devil and the Duchess of Malfy 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	My rating:

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“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust
Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust”
― John Webster

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“Cover her face. Mine eyes dazzle. She died young.”
― John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

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“بخت به راستی یک روسپی است:اگر بخششی کند ذره ذره می دهد تا یکباره باز ستاند.”
― John Webster

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