Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 124 Molière 1622 1673 Moliere Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Poquelin de Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, Jean-Baptiste Les Précieuses ridicules Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Pr%C3%A9cieuses_ridicules https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Pr%C3%A9cieuses_ridicules Produced by Laurent Le Guillou "Les Précieuses ridicules" by Molière is a comedic play written in the mid-17th century, during the height of the French Renaissance. This work satirizes the pretentiousness and absurdity of the précieuses, a cultural phenomenon of the time characterized by a focus on refinement in manners and language among bourgeois women. The play serves as a critique of excessive snobbery and the social mores surrounding love and marriage. The storyline revolves around two young women, Madelon and Cathos, who fancy themselves as sophisticated and worldly. They disdain their potential suitors, Gorgibus’ nephew Du Croisy and La Grange, for being too bourgeois and lacking the refined manners they yearn for. The men, feeling slighted, conspire to teach the women a lesson by posing as noblemen. Mascarille, a clever servant, adds to the ruse, leading to a series of comical misunderstandings and pompous exchanges. Ultimately, the play highlights the folly of the précieuses and serves as a humorous reminder of the dangers of vanity and affectation in the pursuit of social status. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Comedy plays French drama -- 17th century PQ Text FR Théâtre Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: French Literature 103462 2025-08-03T03:55:19.680657 text/html 103279 2025-01-09T18:54:37.498352 text/html 96406 2025-08-03T03:55:24.045619 application/epub+zip 96512 2025-08-03T03:55:21.293686 application/epub+zip 96511 2025-08-03T03:55:20.252706 application/epub+zip 227016 2025-08-03T03:55:25.926601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216735 2025-08-03T03:55:23.403646 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175291 2022-09-03T06:51:57.718796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 78115 2025-08-03T03:55:19.411634 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 76988 2013-04-16T21:01:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18300 2025-08-03T03:55:26.071606 application/rdf+xml 14510 2025-08-03T03:55:20.745633 image/jpeg 4202 2025-08-03T03:55:20.495659 image/jpeg 28447 2013-04-16T21:04:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 95347 2025-08-03T03:55:19.689627 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia