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Molière


Born
in Paris, France
January 15, 1622

Died
February 17, 1673

Genre
Theatre


Sophisticated comedies of French playwright Molière, pen name of Jean Baptiste Poquelin, include Tartuffe (1664), The Misanthrope (1666), and The Bourgeois Gentleman (1670).

French literary figures, including Molière and Jean de la Fontaine, gathered at Auteuil, a favorite place.

People know and consider Molière, stage of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also an actor of the greatest masters in western literature. People best know l'Ecole des femmes (The School for Wives), l'Avare ou l'École du mensonge (The Miser), and le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid) among dramas of Molière.

From a prosperous family, Molière studied at the Jesuit Clermont college (now lycée Louis-le-Grand) and well suited to begin a life in the ...more

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Average rating: 3.64 · 220,290 ratings · 10,356 reviews · 4,691 distinct works • Similar authors
Tartuffe
3.66 avg rating — 44,475 ratings — published 1664 — 883 editions
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L'Avare
3.56 avg rating — 39,692 ratings — published 1668
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The Misanthrope
3.76 avg rating — 26,287 ratings — published 1666 — 31 editions
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Le Malade imaginaire
3.63 avg rating — 20,393 ratings — published 1670 — 256 editions
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Don Juan
3.55 avg rating — 18,818 ratings — published 1665 — 333 editions
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Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
3.71 avg rating — 13,700 ratings — published 1670 — 204 editions
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L'École des Femmes
3.61 avg rating — 10,689 ratings — published 1662 — 134 editions
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Les Fourberies de Scapin
3.62 avg rating — 8,757 ratings — published 1668 — 322 editions
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Le Médecin Malgré Lui
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3.71 avg rating — 7,212 ratings — published 1666 — 205 editions
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Les Femmes Savantes
3.63 avg rating — 3,998 ratings — published 1672 — 2 editions
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Series by Molière

Tutto il teatro vol. 1 Tutto il Teatro Molière 2
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Quotes by Molière  (?)
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“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
― Moliere
tags: inspirational, patience
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“It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.”
― Molière
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“The more we love someone, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that true love shows itself.”
― Molière
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Polls

September 2021 Short Story/Novella Poll

The Misanthrope by Molière, 64 pages, 1666
 
  58 votes, 26.7%

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, under 48 pages, 1924
 
  32 votes, 14.7%

Wakefield by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 28 pages, 1835
 
  31 votes, 14.3%

Bliss by Katherine Mansfield, 12+- pages, 1918
 
  28 votes, 12.9%

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, 128 pages, 1955
 
  28 votes, 12.9%

 
  24 votes, 11.1%

 
  16 votes, 7.4%

217 total votes
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