Les Précieuses ridicules by Molière
"Les Précieuses ridicules" by Molière is a one-act comedy first performed in 1659. Two young provincial women, Magdelon and Cathos, reject their suitors as unrefined and dream of romantic adventures like those in fashionable novels. The scorned suitors devise a cunning revenge: they send their valets, disguised as aristocrats, to woo the pretentious young women. What follows is a sharp satire of affectation and social climbing that became Molière's first published work
and launched a new literary fashion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Molière, 1622-1673 |
|---|---|
| Title | Les Précieuses ridicules |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Pr%C3%A9cieuses_ridicules fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Pr%C3%A9cieuses_ridicules |
| Credits | Produced by Laurent Le Guillou |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | French drama -- 17th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 5318 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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