La Provinciale
In "The Country Girl", the most significant changes to the plot result from the removal of Horner, who in "The Country Wife" pretended to be impotent in order to seduce the wives of other men, particularly Mrs. Pinchwife, the country wife whom Wycherley's play is named after. Rather than a plot focused on Horner's schemes and other raunchy elements, "The Country Girl" features the romance between the young aristocrat, Belville and Miss Peggy, an unmarried country girl who replaces Mrs. Pinchwife, and on Harcourt's wooing of Alithea who is engaged to Mr. Sparkish. Additionally, Harcourt, previously a less-than-reputable friend of Horner's, is rewritten as Belville's responsible uncle and mentor.