by Molière · George G. Harrap & Co · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010033100
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«Le bourgeois gentilhomme» is the play by Molière, published by George G. Harrap & Co in paperback (79 pages, in French).
Comedy-ballet in five acts and in prose that satirises the hypocrisy and pretence of seventeenth-century Parisian society. Monsieur Jourdain, a wealthy merchant, wants to become a gentleman to win over a marquise and, although already married, imitates aristocratic manners until he ends up making a fool of himself.
It belongs to the collection 'Textes en français facile', adapted by Georges Gonnet. The edition is from 1962; the work was originally published in 1670.
Intended for students of French who want to approach a classic of the theatre with an adapted text and accessible vocabulary.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language is often referred to as the "language of Molière".
