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Pierre de Marivaux

Born

in Paris, France

February 04, 1688

Died

February 12, 1763

Genre

Theatre

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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. ...more

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	Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard 3.63 avg rating — 7,379 ratings — published 1730 — 250 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'île des esclaves by Pierre de Marivaux, Jean-Marie Goulemot 3.16 avg rating — 3,943 ratings — published 1725 — 158 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les fausses confidences 3.17 avg rating — 2,735 ratings — published 1737 — 104 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La double inconstance by Pierre de Marivaux, Roland Sauvignet 3.36 avg rating — 870 ratings — published 1723 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Dispute 3.25 avg rating — 652 ratings — published 1744 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Vie de Marianne by Pierre de Marivaux, Jean Dagen (Editor) 3.43 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 1727 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le paysan parvenu 3.13 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 1734 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Fausse Suivante 3.34 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 1724 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'île des esclaves suivie de La Colonie 3.09 avg rating — 241 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Colonie (Nouvelle édition augmentée) 2.84 avg rating — 215 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In this world, you must be a bit too kind to be kind enough.”
― 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.”
― Marivaux, La Vie de Marianne

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“Parce que je me moque un petit brin de toi, cela empêche-t-il que je t'aime? Tu disais bien que tu m'aimais, toi, quand tu me faisais battre; est-ce que les étrivières sont plus honnêtes que les moqueries?”
― Pierre Marivaux, L'île des esclaves

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