Project Gutenberg 2005-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 284 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) Les fourberies de Scapin. English. The Impostures of Scapin Reading ease score: 92.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Text file produced by Delphine Lettau HTML file produced by David Widger "The Impostures of Scapin" by Molière is a comedic play performed in the late 17th century (specifically in the late 1600s). This farce revolves around the cunning servant Scapin, who uses his wit and trickery to help his young masters, Octave and Léandre, navigate the complications arising from their secret marriages without their fathers’ consent. The work showcases themes of deception, mistaken identities, and the social dynamics between parents and their offspring. The plot unfolds in Naples, where Octave pines for his beloved Hyacintha, while Léandre is infatuated with Zerbinette. Both young men find themselves in precarious situations due to their fathers' plans for arranged marriages. Scapin, ever resourceful, concocts a series of schemes to help his masters outwit their fathers, leading to a comedic interplay of misunderstandings and comic confrontations. As secrets unravel, Scapin ultimately orchestrates a reconciliation between the fathers and their sons, paving the way for love and happiness, while he himself contemplates the consequences of his antics, reflecting the play's humorous yet insightful commentary on the nature of authority and youthful rebellion. (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 139098 139099 2024-10-04T08:42:56.235797 2023-10-04T08:07:31.357819 text/html text/html 141243 2013-05-12T11:56:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 40811 2013-05-12T11:57:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 113512 2024-10-04T08:43:02.965623 application/epub+zip 115010 2024-10-04T08:42:59.378668 application/epub+zip 100633 2024-10-04T08:42:58.105649 application/epub+zip 265656 2024-10-04T08:43:05.644597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240920 2024-10-04T08:43:02.164621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197665 2022-09-04T11:53:56.037480 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103089 103015 2024-10-04T08:42:55.470644 2023-10-04T08:07:30.664881 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 102670 2013-05-12T11:57:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 37482 2013-05-12T11:57:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 102661 2013-05-12T11:56:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 37437 2013-05-12T11:57:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22787 2024-10-04T08:43:05.786604 application/rdf+xml 14737 2024-10-04T08:42:58.656643 image/jpeg 4088 2024-10-04T08:42:58.381630 image/jpeg 110142 2024-10-04T08:42:56.247642 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