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The story follows Monsieur Jourdain, a middle-class merchant who naively aspires to join the upper class, leading him to endure various humiliations while seeking guidance from unscrupulous instructors. His ambition makes him a target for a broke nobleman who exploits him for a lavish lifestyle. Caught in his schemes, Jourdain's wife and daughter navigate chaotic love affairs and a disruptive orchestra and ballet in their home. Ultimately, it is the resourceful servants who must restore order amid the comedic turmoil.
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The Bourgeois Gentleman, Molière
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- Released
- 2023
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Molière
- Publisher
- Broadway Play Publishing Inc
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- ISBN13
- 9780881459838
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Health & Medicine, Humor, Love, Family, Classics, France, School, Death, French Literature, Theatre Plays, Comedies, Social Critique, Diseases, Paris, Money, Satire, Required Reading, Weddings, 17th century, Doctors, Thefts and Robberies, Irony, Comicality, Parody, Hypochondriac
- First published
- 1673
- Original title
- Le malade imaginaire
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- The story follows Monsieur Jourdain, a middle-class merchant who naively aspires to join the upper class, leading him to endure various humiliations while seeking guidance from unscrupulous instructors. His ambition makes him a target for a broke nobleman who exploits him for a lavish lifestyle. Caught in his schemes, Jourdain's wife and daughter navigate chaotic love affairs and a disruptive orchestra and ballet in their home. Ultimately, it is the resourceful servants who must restore order amid the comedic turmoil.