[Gutenberg 7279] • The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman
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- Authors
- Molière
- Publisher
- IndyPublish.com
- Tags
- france -- social life and customs -- 17th century -- drama , french drama , middle class -- france -- drama , classics , comedies
- ISBN
- 9781404385689
- Date
- 1670-10-14T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.07 MB
- Lang
- en
*Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme* or *The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman* is a comedy-ballet, in five acts in prose.
Classic satire, one of the best by France's greatest comedic playwright, pokes fun at the sham and hypocrisy of 17th-century French society. A wealthy tradesman, Monsieur Jourdain, yearns to become a gentleman in order to win the hand of a marchioness, disregarding the inconvenient fact that he is already married, but only succeeds in making a fool of himself.