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Molière


Born
in Paris, France
January 15, 1622

Died
February 17, 1673

Genre
Theatre


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

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.65 · 208,931 ratings · 9,386 reviews · 4,564 distinct works • Similar authors
Tartuffe
3.66 avg rating — 42,892 ratings — published 1664 — 316 editions
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L'avare
3.56 avg rating — 37,119 ratings — published 1668 — 15 editions
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The Misanthrope
3.76 avg rating — 25,292 ratings — published 1666 — 707 editions
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Le Malade imaginaire
3.62 avg rating — 19,141 ratings — published 1670 — 3 editions
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Don Juan
3.55 avg rating — 17,497 ratings — published 1665 — 334 editions
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Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
3.71 avg rating — 13,176 ratings — published 1670 — 281 editions
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L'École des Femmes
3.62 avg rating — 10,107 ratings — published 1662 — 234 editions
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Les Fourberies de Scapin
3.62 avg rating — 8,273 ratings — published 1668 — 322 editions
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Le Médecin Malgré Lui
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3.71 avg rating — 6,857 ratings — published 1666 — 345 editions
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Les Femmes Savantes
3.64 avg rating — 3,798 ratings — published 1672 — 404 editions
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Series by Molière

Tutto il teatro vol. 1 Tutto il Teatro Molière 2
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Quotes by Molière  (?)
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“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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Polls

March 2021 Old School Poll

Don Juan by Molière 1665, 146 pages
 
  18 votes, 20.9%

Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac 1835, 370 pages
 
  13 votes, 15.1%

 
  13 votes, 15.1%

The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson 1220, 180 pages
 
  10 votes, 11.6%

 
  9 votes, 10.5%

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn 1688, 144 pages
 
  8 votes, 9.3%

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu -600, 160 pages
 
  7 votes, 8.1%

Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov 1859, 586 pages
 
  5 votes, 5.8%

Hester by Mrs. Oliphant 1883, 468 pages
 
  3 votes, 3.5%

86 total votes
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