Project Gutenberg 2003-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 74 Molière 1622 1673 Moliere Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Poquelin de Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, Jean-Baptiste L'Étourdi ou les contre-temps Produced by Laurent Le Guillou "L'Étourdi ou les contre-temps" by Molière is a comedy written during the mid-17th century. The play centers around the character Lélie, a young man who finds himself embroiled in romantic entanglements and rivalries, particularly concerning his love interest, Célie, and his rival, Léandre. Through witty dialogue and comedic situations, Molière explores themes of love, deception, and social norms, setting the stage for a series of misunderstandings and farcical events. At the start of the play, Lélie is engaged in a conversation with his clever servant Mascarille about his romantic rivalry with Léandre, who is also interested in Célie. Lélie expresses his frustration over the competition for Célie's affection and enlists Mascarille's help to thwart Léandre's plans. The opening scenes introduce various characters and set up the intricate web of relationships and schemes revolving around love and companionship, establishing a comedic tone that Molière is renowned for. Through rapid exchanges and humorous banter, the stage is vividly set for the ensuing chaos that arises from these romantic pursuits. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Comedies French drama -- 17th century PQ Text FR Théâtre Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 217388 217324 2024-10-02T09:20:18.389484 2023-10-02T08:20:59.129629 text/html text/html 217381 217317 2024-10-02T09:20:18.669487 2023-10-02T08:20:59.328631 text/html text/html 131910 2024-10-02T09:20:25.924448 application/epub+zip 134436 2024-10-02T09:20:20.759471 application/epub+zip 134437 2024-10-02T09:20:19.394540 application/epub+zip 307498 2024-10-02T09:20:29.050418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283932 2024-10-02T09:20:25.035477 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240822 2022-09-02T11:00:41.508470 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 156195 156182 2024-10-02T09:20:18.007467 2023-10-02T08:20:58.843640 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 153342 2013-04-17T19:13:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 54507 2013-04-17T19:13:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19761 2024-10-02T09:20:29.182433 application/rdf+xml 15739 2024-10-02T09:20:20.018521 image/jpeg 4098 2024-10-02T09:20:19.666478 image/jpeg 129286 2024-10-02T09:20:18.685481 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia