The Middle-Class Gentleman by Molière
"The Middle-Class Gentleman" by Molière is a five-act comédie-ballet first performed in 1670 before the court of Louis XIV. The play satirizes social climbing through Monsieur Jourdain, a middle-aged merchant's son desperately trying to become an aristocrat. He hires teachers in fencing, dancing, and philosophy, making a fool of himself at every turn. When he refuses to let his daughter marry her middle-class beloved, insisting on a nobleman instead, a clever scheme
unfolds involving an elaborate Turkish disguise that plays perfectly to his absurd ambitions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Molière, 1622-1673 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Jones, Philip Dwight |
| Uniform Title | Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. English |
| Title | The Middle-Class Gentleman |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bourgeois_gentilhomme |
| Credits | Produced by Philip Dwight Jones, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | French drama |
| Subject | Middle class -- France -- Drama |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 2992 |
| Release Date | Dec 1, 2001 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 7, 2013 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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