Project Gutenberg 2004-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 80 Molière 1622 1673 Moliere Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Poquelin de Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, Jean-Baptiste Wall, Charles Heron Wall, C. H. (Charles Heron) Heron-Wall, C. (Charles) Monsieur De Pourceaugnac Reading ease score: 91.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. E-text prepared by Delphine Lettau and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Monsieur De Pourceaugnac" by Molière is a comedic farce written in the late 17th century, during the French Classical era. The play is a satirical commentary on social relationships, particularly focusing on the foolishness of those in pursuit of love and happiness, and it particularly lampoons the medical practices of the time. The plot revolves around a naive provincial man, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, who comes to Paris with the intention of marrying a woman he has never met, only to find himself embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures and misunderstandings crafted by the clever schemers around him. The storyline centers on Monsieur de Pourceaugnac as he arrives in Paris to marry Julia, the daughter of Oronte. However, Julia is in love with Éraste, and with the help of their cunning servants, they plot to thwart the marriage. The comedic tension escalates through a series of deceptions involving false identities, mistaken beliefs about medical ailments, and exaggerated portrayals of physicians. As Pourceaugnac attempts to navigate his way through love and societal expectations, he unwittingly becomes a source of amusement and ridicule, ultimately leading to a hilarious resolution where his plans unravel and the truth comes to light. The play effectively highlights the absurdities of love, marriage, and the social pretensions of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en French drama -- 17th century -- Translations into English Molière, 1622-1673 -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 135445 135314 2024-10-03T11:48:13.519130 2023-10-03T10:20:29.648150 text/html text/html 135875 2009-02-21T14:15:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 39745 2009-02-21T14:17:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 114307 2024-10-03T11:48:21.249086 application/epub+zip 113624 2024-10-03T11:48:16.765115 application/epub+zip 103933 2024-10-03T11:48:15.445129 application/epub+zip 268996 2024-10-03T11:48:23.961067 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252553 2024-10-03T11:48:20.405089 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 205487 2022-09-04T04:07:41.326538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 93223 93143 2024-10-03T11:48:12.628135 2023-10-03T10:20:28.899281 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 92900 2009-02-21T14:14:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 34966 2009-02-21T14:17:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 92907 2009-02-21T14:14:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34900 2009-02-21T14:17:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22380 2024-10-03T11:48:24.100150 application/rdf+xml 14982 2024-10-03T11:48:16.015114 image/jpeg 4264 2024-10-03T11:48:15.728100 image/jpeg 112870 2024-10-03T11:48:13.530128 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia