De Pleiters by Jean Racine
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"De Pleiters" by Jean Racine is a comedy written in 1668 and published in 1669. Racine's only comedic work, it reimagines Aristophanes' "The Wasps" without political overtones. The play centers on Dandin, a senile retired judge obsessed with holding trials, and Chicanneau, a bourgeois consumed by lawsuits. Amid this absurd legal madness, Dandin's son Léandre pursues romance with Chicanneau's daughter Isabelle. Written between his tragic masterpieces, this farce surprised audiences with its
satirical take on litigationmania. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Racine, Jean, 1639-1699 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Bogaert, Abraham, 1663-1727 |
| Title | De Pleiters |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Plaideurs |
| Note | Translation of: Les plaideurs |
| Credits |
Produced by Louise Hope, Frank van Drogen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | Dutch |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 18412 |
| Release Date | May 18, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 346 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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