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Includes:
- The High-Brow Ladies (Les Precieuses Ridicules)
- The School for Wives (L'Ecole des Femmes)
- Tartuffe; or, The Impostor (Tartuffe; ou, L'Imposteur)
- The Misanthrope (Le Misanthrope)
- The Physician in Spite of Himself (Le Medecin malge lui)
- The Miser (L'Avare)
- The High-Brow Ladies (Les Precieuses Ridicules)
- The School for Wives (L'Ecole des Femmes)
- Tartuffe; or, The Impostor (Tartuffe; ou, L'Imposteur)
- The Misanthrope (Le Misanthrope)
- The Physician in Spite of Himself (Le Medecin malge lui)
- The Miser (L'Avare)
364 pages, Clothbound
First published January 1, 1903
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About the author
Molière
4,619 books1,505 followersSophisticated 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 theater. While 13 years as an itinerant actor helped to polish his abilities, he also began to combine the more refined elements with ccommedia dell'arte.
Through the patronage of the brother of Louis XIV and a few aristocrats, Molière procured a command performance before the king at the Louvre. Molière performed a classic of [authore:Pierre Corneille] and le Docteur amoureux (The Doctor in Love), a farce of his own; people granted him the use of Salle du Petit-Bourbon, a spacious room, appointed for theater at the Louvre. Later, people granted the use of the Palais-Royal to Molière. In both locations, he found success among the Parisians with les Précieuses ridicules (The Affected Ladies), l'École des maris</i> (<i>The School for Husbands</i>), and <i>[book:l'École des femmes (The School for Wives). This royal favor brought a pension and the title "Troupe du Roi" (the troupe of the king). Molière continued as the official author of court entertainments.
Molière received the adulation of the court and Parisians, but from moralists and the Church, his satires attracted criticisms. From the Church, his attack on religious hypocrisy roundly received condemnations, while people banned performance of Don Juan . From the stage, hard work of Molière in so many theatrical capacities began to take its toll on his health and forced him to take a break before 1667.
From pulmonary tuberculosis, Molière suffered. In 1673 during his final production of le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid), a coughing fit and a haemorrhage seized him as Argan, the hypochondriac. He finished the performance but collapsed again quickly and died a few hours later. In time in Paris, Molière completely reformed.
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 theater. While 13 years as an itinerant actor helped to polish his abilities, he also began to combine the more refined elements with ccommedia dell'arte.
Through the patronage of the brother of Louis XIV and a few aristocrats, Molière procured a command performance before the king at the Louvre. Molière performed a classic of [authore:Pierre Corneille] and le Docteur amoureux (The Doctor in Love), a farce of his own; people granted him the use of Salle du Petit-Bourbon, a spacious room, appointed for theater at the Louvre. Later, people granted the use of the Palais-Royal to Molière. In both locations, he found success among the Parisians with les Précieuses ridicules (The Affected Ladies), l'École des maris</i> (<i>The School for Husbands</i>), and <i>[book:l'École des femmes (The School for Wives). This royal favor brought a pension and the title "Troupe du Roi" (the troupe of the king). Molière continued as the official author of court entertainments.
Molière received the adulation of the court and Parisians, but from moralists and the Church, his satires attracted criticisms. From the Church, his attack on religious hypocrisy roundly received condemnations, while people banned performance of Don Juan . From the stage, hard work of Molière in so many theatrical capacities began to take its toll on his health and forced him to take a break before 1667.
From pulmonary tuberculosis, Molière suffered. In 1673 during his final production of le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid), a coughing fit and a haemorrhage seized him as Argan, the hypochondriac. He finished the performance but collapsed again quickly and died a few hours later. In time in Paris, Molière completely reformed.
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June 7, 2021
Üsnagi huvitav lugemine, eriti arvestades seda, et Molière loominguga pole ma üldse varem kokku puutnud. Endiselt tundub mulle, et millegipärast on mul värsivormi natuke keerulisem lugeda, sest see lööb tempo minu jaoks paigalt ära, aga eks see ole peamiselt harjumuse küsimus.
Väga kiidan ka järelsõna, mis seekord oli tõesti erakordselt informatiivne, sain teada ka, mida ,,klassika’’ päriselt tähendab. :D Samuti on natuke veider mõelda, et nii ,,Tartuffe’’ kui ka ,,Don Juan’’ said omal ajal väga tugeva usklike pahameele osaliseks, kuigi praeguses ühiskonnas need eriti skandaalset muljet just ei jätnud.
,,Tartuffe'', ma ütleksin, oli kõige naljakam; huvitav oleks näha olnud muidugi ka seda, kuidas Tartuffel see pereisa ikka nii oma käpa alla õnnestus saada. Lõpplahendus tuli seal minu maitse jaoks kuidagi liiga mugavalt.
Tuleb tunnistada, et huumori vaatepunktist jõudis tegelikult ka ,,Don Juan'' sellele väga lähedale, näiteks oli naljakas lugeda, kuidas Don Juan oma jumalavallatusega oma teenrit pidevalt hulluks ajas.
,,Misantroop'' nii naljakas ei olnud, aga siiski andis võimaluse arendada väga huvitavat dialoogi teemal, millal on ausus ja otsekohesus õiged ja millal natukene kohatumad. Üldse on väga huvitav, kuidas kõigist kolmest siin olnud näidendist jookseb läbi silmakirjalikkus, mis on tänapäevalgi üsnagi aktuaalne.
Väga kiidan ka järelsõna, mis seekord oli tõesti erakordselt informatiivne, sain teada ka, mida ,,klassika’’ päriselt tähendab. :D Samuti on natuke veider mõelda, et nii ,,Tartuffe’’ kui ka ,,Don Juan’’ said omal ajal väga tugeva usklike pahameele osaliseks, kuigi praeguses ühiskonnas need eriti skandaalset muljet just ei jätnud.
,,Tartuffe'', ma ütleksin, oli kõige naljakam; huvitav oleks näha olnud muidugi ka seda, kuidas Tartuffel see pereisa ikka nii oma käpa alla õnnestus saada. Lõpplahendus tuli seal minu maitse jaoks kuidagi liiga mugavalt.
Tuleb tunnistada, et huumori vaatepunktist jõudis tegelikult ka ,,Don Juan'' sellele väga lähedale, näiteks oli naljakas lugeda, kuidas Don Juan oma jumalavallatusega oma teenrit pidevalt hulluks ajas.
,,Misantroop'' nii naljakas ei olnud, aga siiski andis võimaluse arendada väga huvitavat dialoogi teemal, millal on ausus ja otsekohesus õiged ja millal natukene kohatumad. Üldse on väga huvitav, kuidas kõigist kolmest siin olnud näidendist jookseb läbi silmakirjalikkus, mis on tänapäevalgi üsnagi aktuaalne.
February 7, 2018
These plays are hilarious and should be taught in schools more often than they are. It's a pity I didn't have to read these for my English classes. I thoroughly enjoyed his work.
March 12, 2022
a bit one dimensional but a few good laughs
May 15, 2016
I love these hilarious plays! So much so that I have read and re-read them untold times. They continue to make me laugh.
Catch these:
(In the context of Arnolphe changing his name to M. de la Souche [Chrysalde:"[why, at age 42,] ... give yourself a title from a rotten old tree on your farm?"]).
Chrysalde: "I knew a country-fellow called Gros-Pierre, who, having no other property but a rood of land, had a muddy ditch made all around it, and took the high-sounding name of M. de l'Isle." (p.5) Isn't that a hoot? These plays are filled with classic one-liners!
Catch these:
(In the context of Arnolphe changing his name to M. de la Souche [Chrysalde:"[why, at age 42,] ... give yourself a title from a rotten old tree on your farm?"]).
Chrysalde: "I knew a country-fellow called Gros-Pierre, who, having no other property but a rood of land, had a muddy ditch made all around it, and took the high-sounding name of M. de l'Isle." (p.5) Isn't that a hoot? These plays are filled with classic one-liners!
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