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Born
in Paris, France
January 15, 1622

Died
February 17, 1673

Genre
Theatre


Sophisticated comedies of French playwright ²Ñ´Ç±ô¾±Ã¨°ù±ð, pen name of Jean Baptiste Poquelin, include Tartuffe (1664), The Misanthrope (1666), and The Bourgeois Gentleman (1670).

French literary figures, including ²Ñ´Ç±ô¾±Ã¨°ù±ð and Jean de la Fontaine, gathered at Auteuil, a favorite place.

People know and consider ²Ñ´Ç±ô¾±Ã¨°ù±ð, 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 ²Ñ´Ç±ô¾±Ã¨°ù±ð.

From a prosperous family, ²Ñ´Ç±ô¾±Ã¨°ù±ð 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 · 201,229 ratings · 8,810 reviews · 4,205 distinct works â€� Similar authors
Tartuffe
3.66 avg rating — 41,840 ratings — published 1664 — 891 editions
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L'avare
3.56 avg rating — 35,327 ratings — published 1668 — 939 editions
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The Misanthrope
3.76 avg rating — 24,630 ratings — published 1666 — 705 editions
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Le Malade imaginaire
3.62 avg rating — 18,269 ratings — published 1670 — 644 editions
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Don Juan
3.55 avg rating — 16,736 ratings — published 1665 — 334 editions
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Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
3.71 avg rating — 12,736 ratings — published 1670 — 583 editions
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L'École des Femmes
3.61 avg rating — 9,678 ratings — published 1662 — 234 editions
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Les Fourberies de Scapin
3.62 avg rating — 7,911 ratings — published 1668 — 319 editions
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Le Médecin Malgré Lui
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3.71 avg rating — 6,631 ratings — published 1666 — 345 editions
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The Misanthrope and Other P...
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“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
― Moliere
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“It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.”
― ²Ñ´Ç±ô¾±Ã¨°ù±ð
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“The more we love someone, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that true love shows itself.”
― ²Ñ´Ç±ô¾±Ã¨°ù±ð
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Polls

July Short Story/Novella Poll

Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, 70 pages, 1862
 
  36 votes, 21.7%

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, 55 pages, 1997
 
  33 votes, 19.9%

 
  26 votes, 15.7%

 
  24 votes, 14.5%

The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, 48 pages, 1909
 
  20 votes, 12.0%

The 13 Clocks by James Thurber, 128 pages, 1950
 
  15 votes, 9.0%

Silk by Alessandro Baricco, 91 pages, 1996
 
  12 votes, 7.2%

166 total votes
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