Moliere: Les Precieuses Ridicules

Balcou, J.

ISBN 10: 2038701105 / ISBN 13: 9782038701104

Published by Editions Larousse, 1999

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN:9782038701104.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Moliere: Les Precieuses Ridicules
• Publisher: Editions Larousse
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 2038701105
• ISBN 13: 9782038701104
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Poor
• Weight: 150 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • French Language & Literature

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Synopsis

Les Précieuses ridicules / The Pretentious Young Ladies / The Affected Damsels is a one-act satire by Molière in prose.

The pretentious young ladies are Magdelon and Cathos, two young provincials who came to Paris in search of love and jeux d'esprit. Gorgibus, the father of Magdelon and the uncle of Cathos, decides they should get married with a couple of young men, but the women find these men unrefined and ridicule them. The men then vow to take revenge. Appears Mascarille, a young man who claims to be a sophisticated man of the world attending the best circles. Magdelon falls in love with him. Then another young man appears, Jodelet, and now it is Cathos who falls in love. It is revealed that both men, Mascarille and Jodelet are impostors who are actually the servants of the first two men who were despised and rejected. As the curtain falls, les Précieuses and Gorgibus fell into the trap and thus demonstrated the absurdity of their vanity.

About the Author

Franz Kafka was born to Jewish parents in Bohemia in 1883. Kafka s father was a luxury goods retailer who worked long hours and as a result never became close with his son. Kafka s relationship with his father greatly influenced his later writing and directly informed his Brief an den Vater (Letter to His Father). Kafka had a thorough education and was fluent in both German and Czech. As a young man, he was hired to work at an insurance company where he was quickly promoted despite his desire to devote his time to writing rather than insurance. Over the course of his life, Kafka wrote a great number of stories, letters, and essays, but burned the majority of his work before his death and requested that his friend Max Brod burn the rest. Brod, however, did not fulfill this request and published many of the works in the years following Kafka s death of tuberculosis in 1924. Thus, most of Kafka s works were published posthumously, and he did not live to see them recognized as some of the most important examples of literature of the twentieth century. Kafka s works are considered among the most significant pieces of existentialist writing, and he is remembered for his poignant depictions of internal conflicts with alienation and oppression. Some of Kafka s most famous works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial and The Castle.