The Bourgeois Gentleman
Molière
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
3.71
· 24 ratings · 89 pages · Published: 1670
Classic satire, one of the best by France’s greatest comedic playwright, pokes fun at the sham and hypocrisy of 17th-century French society. A wealthy tradesman, Monsieur Jourdain, yearns to become a gentleman in order to win the hand of a marchioness—disregarding the inconvenient fact that he is already married—but only succeeds in making a fool of himself.
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