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Molière

Born

in Paris, France

January 15, 1622

Died

February 17, 1673

Genre

Theatre

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Sophisticated comedies of French playwright Molière, pen name of Jean Baptiste Poquelin, include Tartuffe (1664), The Misanthrope (1666), and The Bourgeois Gentleman (1670).

French literary figures, including Molière and Jean de la Fontaine, gathered at Auteuil, a favorite place.

People know and consider Molière, stage of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also an actor of the greatest masters in western literature. People best know l'Ecole des femmes (The School for Wives), l'Avare ou l'École du mensonge (The Miser), and le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid) among dramas of Molière.

From a prosperous family, Molière studied at the Jesuit Clermont college (now lycée Louis-le-Grand) and well suited to begin a life in the ...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 211,952 ratings · 9,556 reviews · 4,619 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tartuffe 3.66 avg rating — 43,323 ratings — published 1664 — 296 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'avare 3.56 avg rating — 37,734 ratings — published 1668 — 937 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Misanthrope 3.76 avg rating — 25,588 ratings — published 1666 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Malade imaginaire 3.62 avg rating — 19,499 ratings — published 1670 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don Juan 3.55 avg rating — 17,827 ratings — published 1665 — 334 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme 3.71 avg rating — 13,330 ratings — published 1670 — 582 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'École des Femmes 3.62 avg rating — 10,266 ratings — published 1662	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Fourberies de Scapin 3.62 avg rating — 8,414 ratings — published 1668 — 322 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Médecin Malgré Lui by Molière, Marie-Helene Prat (Editeur) 3.71 avg rating — 6,947 ratings — published 1666 — 345 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Femmes Savantes 3.64 avg rating — 3,850 ratings — published 1672 — 214 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Molière (?)

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
― Moliere

tags: inspirational, patience

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“It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.”
― Molière

1034 likes

“The more we love someone, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that true love shows itself.”
― Molière

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Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832, 503 pages

51 votes, 14.6%

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 1883, 262 pages

43 votes, 12.3%

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 1889, 480 pages

36 votes, 10.3%

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 1895, 170 pages

35 votes, 10.0%

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 1860, 579 pages

33 votes, 9.5%

Jude the Obscure by 1895, 310 pages

21 votes, 6.0%

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 1886, 445 pages

19 votes, 5.4%

Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782, 448 pages

18 votes, 5.2%

The Red and the Black by Stendhal1830, 608 pages

18 votes, 5.2%

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1862, 455 pages

15 votes, 4.3%

Evelina by Fanny Burney 1778, 455 pages

15 votes, 4.3%

The Misanthrope by Molière 1666, 64 pages

14 votes, 4.0%

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand 1897, 240 pages

11 votes, 3.2%

The Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette 1678, 192 pages

8 votes, 2.3%

Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant1885, 416 pages

7 votes, 2.0%

Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles 1731, 192 pages

5 votes, 1.4%

349 total votes

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