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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

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.65 · 210,372 ratings · 9,468 reviews · 4,566 distinct works • Similar authors
Tartuffe
3.66 avg rating — 43,078 ratings — published 1664 — 296 editions
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L'avare
3.56 avg rating — 37,411 ratings — published 1668 — 213 editions
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The Misanthrope
3.76 avg rating — 25,446 ratings — published 1666 — 706 editions
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Le Malade imaginaire
3.62 avg rating — 19,314 ratings — published 1670 — 647 editions
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Don Juan
3.55 avg rating — 17,647 ratings — published 1665 — 197 editions
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Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
3.71 avg rating — 13,247 ratings — published 1670 — 584 editions
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L'École des Femmes
3.62 avg rating — 10,169 ratings — published 1662 — 138 editions
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Les Fourberies de Scapin
3.62 avg rating — 8,343 ratings — published 1668 — 322 editions
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Le Médecin Malgré Lui
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3.71 avg rating — 6,901 ratings — published 1666 — 345 editions
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Les Femmes Savantes
3.64 avg rating — 3,818 ratings — published 1672 — 214 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

November 2018 Old School Poll

 
  66 votes, 24.6%

The Misanthrope by Molière 1666, 64 pages
 
  59 votes, 22.0%

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin 1832, 240 pages
 
  55 votes, 20.5%

 
  51 votes, 19.0%

Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac 1846, 468 pages
 
  37 votes, 13.8%

268 total votes
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