Project Gutenberg 2004-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 54 Molière 1622 1673 Moliere Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Poquelin de Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, Jean-Baptiste The Bores: A Comedy in Three Acts Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Garcia, David Moynihan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Bores: A Comedy in Three Acts" by Molière is a character-based comedic play written in the 17th century, specifically during the early Baroque period in France. The play explores the theme of annoyance and frustration stemming from various "bore" characters, depicted in an exaggerated manner to reflect the troublesome individuals one encounters in society. In "The Bores," the protagonist Éraste, who is in love with Orphise, faces a barrage of irritating characters that disrupt his attempts to connect with her. Throughout the three acts, Éraste narrates his struggles against various boors including Alcidor, Lisandre, and other self-important individuals who monopolize conversation and thwart his romantic endeavors. As the comedy unfolds, Molière uses witty dialogue and humorous situations to critique social manners and highlight the absurdity of the characters' behavior. Ultimately, the play blends lighthearted entertainment with a satirical commentary on social pretensions and the trials of love, culminating in a resolution that allows Éraste to triumph over the numerous disruptions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en French drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English Molière, 1622-1673 -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 116238 116119 2024-10-03T10:14:43.824143 2023-10-03T09:10:32.698391 text/html text/html 116231 116112 2024-10-03T10:14:44.049125 2023-10-03T09:10:32.851395 text/html text/html 114166 2024-10-03T10:14:48.889610 application/epub+zip 114126 2024-10-03T10:14:45.895636 application/epub+zip 114125 2024-10-03T10:14:44.707116 application/epub+zip 258291 2024-10-03T10:14:51.194585 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236533 2024-10-03T10:14:48.202627 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140314 2022-09-03T12:59:02.518219 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97483 97415 2024-10-03T10:14:43.447111 2023-10-03T09:10:32.411388 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 97102 2013-04-16T21:03:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 38891 2013-04-16T21:04:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 97096 2013-04-16T21:03:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38798 2013-04-16T21:04:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21465 2024-10-03T10:14:51.330578 application/rdf+xml 15000 2024-10-03T10:14:45.249102 image/jpeg 4106 2024-10-03T10:14:44.974119 image/jpeg 109951 2024-10-03T10:14:44.060176 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