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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: 3.64 · 217,034 ratings · 10,047 reviews · 4,653 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tartuffe 3.66 avg rating — 44,066 ratings — published 1664 — 892 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 — 38,883 ratings — published 1668 — 938 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 — 25,966 ratings — published 1666 — 700 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 — 20,047 ratings — published 1670 — 648 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 — 18,487 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 — 13,562 ratings — published 1670 — 206 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 — 10,517 ratings — published 1662 — 234 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 Fourberies de Scapin 3.62 avg rating — 8,606 ratings — published 1668 — 323 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 — 7,094 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 — 3,946 ratings — published 1672 — 404 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

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“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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April 2018 Old School Poll

The Art of War by Sun Tzu -500, 273 pages

49 votes, 14.8%

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 1883, 262 pages

48 votes, 14.5%

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell 1866, 679 pages

29 votes, 8.7%

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 1886, 445 pages

28 votes, 8.4%

Silas Marner by George Eliot 1861, 262 pages

26 votes, 7.8%

The Misanthrope by Molière 1666, 64 pages

25 votes, 7.5%

Germinal by Émile Zola 1895, 592 pages

22 votes, 6.6%

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

19 votes, 5.7%

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

18 votes, 5.4%

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Unknown 1390, 144 pages

18 votes, 5.4%

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell 1848, 437 pages

16 votes, 4.8%

Confessions by Augustine of Hippo 397, 341 pages

8 votes, 2.4%

Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis 1880, 236 pages

8 votes, 2.4%

Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane 1894, 272 pages

7 votes, 2.1%

Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas 1845, 542 pages

6 votes, 1.8%

The Gilded Age by Mark Twain 1873, 528 pages

5 votes, 1.5%

332 total votes

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