Project Gutenberg 2004-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 80 Molière 1622 1673 Moliere Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Poquelin de Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, Jean-Baptiste L'ecole des maris. English The School for Husbands Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Moynihan, D Garcia, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The School for Husbands" by Molière is a comedic play written during the 17th century, specifically in the early period of the French Classical Age. This three-act comedy explores the dynamics of love, trust, and the contrasting approaches to marriage and guardianship in societal norms of the time. Likely set against the backdrop of Molière's critique of domestic tyranny, the play serves not just to entertain but also to impart moral lessons about the nature of trust and the folly of excessive caution in relationships. The storyline revolves around two brothers, Sganarelle and Ariste, who have differing philosophies on how to govern the lives of the young women they are guardians to. Sganarelle is strict and believes in controlling and restricting their freedom to protect their honor, while Ariste adopts a more trusting and liberal approach. As the plot unfolds, it includes complications arising from romantic pursuits, particularly the affections of Valère for Isabella, one of the wards. The characters wrestle with themes of fidelity and the impact of authoritarianism in love and marriage, culminating in a satirical examination of the misunderstandings and troubles that arise from mistrust. The clever use of humor and irony highlights the absurdities of both extreme liberty and strict control, ultimately suggesting that balance and understanding are vital in relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Comedies French drama -- 17th century -- Translations into English Molière, 1622-1673 -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 120839 120708 2024-10-03T10:29:57.214293 2023-10-03T09:22:07.524711 text/html text/html 120832 120701 2024-10-03T10:29:57.450283 2023-10-03T09:22:07.672711 text/html text/html 110441 2024-10-03T10:30:02.417276 application/epub+zip 110562 2024-10-03T10:29:59.198375 application/epub+zip 110561 2024-10-03T10:29:58.085289 application/epub+zip 243796 2024-10-03T10:30:04.983261 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221879 2024-10-03T10:30:01.682288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176621 2022-09-03T13:17:06.469928 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99750 99670 2024-10-03T10:29:56.942303 2023-10-03T09:22:07.343701 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 99471 2013-04-17T21:53:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 38519 2013-04-17T21:56:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 99464 2013-04-17T21:53:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38445 2013-04-17T21:56:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22087 2024-10-03T10:30:05.119257 application/rdf+xml 13805 2024-10-03T10:29:58.624277 image/jpeg 3949 2024-10-03T10:29:58.354282 image/jpeg 106928 2024-10-03T10:29:57.460298 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