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Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux

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born

February 04, 1688 in France

died

February 12, 1763

gender

male

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Plays and Drama, Literature & Fiction

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Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French novelist and dramatist.

He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing numerous comedies for the Comédie-Française and the Comédie-Italienne of Paris. His most important works are Le Triomphe de l'amour, Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard and Les Fausses Confidences. He also published a number of essays and two important but unfinished novels, La Vie de Marianne and Le Paysan parvenu.

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Average rating: 3.49 · 641 ratings · 17 reviews · 45 distinct works

	Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard 3.58 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 1730 — 25 editions	My rating:
	L'île des esclaves by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, Jean-Marie Goulemot 3.15 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1725 — 10 editions	My rating:
	La double inconstance by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, Roland Sauvignet 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1723 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Les fausses confidences 3.38 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1737 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Le paysan parvenu 3.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1734 — 6 editions	My rating:
	La vie de Marianne 3.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1727 — 37 editions	My rating:
	The Dispute by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, Gideon Lester 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1744 — 5 editions	My rating:
	La Fausse Suivante 3.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1724 — 6 editions	My rating:
	La surprise de l'amour; La seconde surprise de l'amour by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, Henri Coulet (Commentaires) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1722	My rating:
	Le triomphe de l'amour by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, Henri Coulet 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1732 — 8 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux

“In this world, you must be a bit too kind to be kind enough.”
― Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux

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“There seems to me a thousand occasions when my soul knows more than it can tell, and a has a spirit of it's own which is far superior to my everyday one. It seems to me too, that men are far superior to all the books they write.”
― Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, La vie de Marianne

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Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux

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