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Uniform Title: Les précieuses ridicules. English
Title: The Pretentious Young Ladies
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Pr%C3%A9cieuses_ridicules
Credits: Produced by David Moynihan, D Garcia, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Pretentious Young Ladies" by Molière is a comedic play written in the mid-17th century. This one-act comedy provides a satirical take on the affectations and pretentiousness prevalent in Parisian society, particularly among young women who aspire to higher social status and intellectual refinement. The era of the play is characterized by the cultural shifts of the French royal court, highlighting Molière’s departure from Italian theatrical traditions. The plot revolves around two young women, Madelon and Cathos, who are immersed in the pretentious behaviors that come with their pursuit of love and status. Their father, Gorgibus, hopes to arrange marriages for them with two suitors, La Grange and Du Croisy. Instead of valuing their sincere intentions, the young ladies disregard them for their lack of social grace and sophistication, exemplifying their misguided beliefs about romance and courtship. The comedy escalates as the suitors, frustrated by the ladies’ affectation, plot to deceive them by disguising themselves as men of higher status, only to have their identities revealed in humorous twists. As the characters navigate their foolish pretensions, Molière critiques the absurdity of social climbing and the superficiality of the so-called "gallant" behavior of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Molière, 1622-1673
EBook No.: 6562
Published: Sep 1, 2004
Downloads: 162
Language: English
Subject: French drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English
Subject: Molière, 1622-1673 -- Translations into English
Subject: Précieuses -- Drama
Subject: Women -- France -- Drama
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Uniform Title: Les précieuses ridicules. English
Title: The Pretentious Young Ladies
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Pr%C3%A9cieuses_ridicules
Credits: Produced by David Moynihan, D Garcia, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Pretentious Young Ladies" by Molière is a comedic play written in the mid-17th century. This one-act comedy provides a satirical take on the affectations and pretentiousness prevalent in Parisian society, particularly among young women who aspire to higher social status and intellectual refinement. The era of the play is characterized by the cultural shifts of the French royal court, highlighting Molière’s departure from Italian theatrical traditions. The plot revolves around two young women, Madelon and Cathos, who are immersed in the pretentious behaviors that come with their pursuit of love and status. Their father, Gorgibus, hopes to arrange marriages for them with two suitors, La Grange and Du Croisy. Instead of valuing their sincere intentions, the young ladies disregard them for their lack of social grace and sophistication, exemplifying their misguided beliefs about romance and courtship. The comedy escalates as the suitors, frustrated by the ladies’ affectation, plot to deceive them by disguising themselves as men of higher status, only to have their identities revealed in humorous twists. As the characters navigate their foolish pretensions, Molière critiques the absurdity of social climbing and the superficiality of the so-called "gallant" behavior of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Molière, 1622-1673
EBook No.: 6562
Published: Sep 1, 2004
Downloads: 162
Language: English
Subject: French drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English
Subject: Molière, 1622-1673 -- Translations into English
Subject: Précieuses -- Drama
Subject: Women -- France -- Drama
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.