Books
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Bibliography

  1. (1973)

    The Would Be Gentleman

  2. (1971)

    The School for Wives

  3. (1671)

    Les Fourberies de Scapin

  4. (1668)

    Amphitryon

  5. (1668)

    Amphitryon: Three Plays in New Verse Translations. Plautus: Amphitruo (University of North Carolina Studies in Comparative Literature ; No. 57)

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  • Legal name: Molière
  • Birthdate: January 15, 1622
  • Birthplace: Paris, France
  • Nationality: French
  • Gender: Male
  • Official Website: http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/m#a791
  • Genres: Comedic Theatre
  • Date of death: February 17, 1673 (aged 51)
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, mostly known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Molière's best-known dramas are Le Misanthrope (The Misanthrope), L'École des femmes (The School for Wives), Tartuffe ou L'Imposteur, (Tartuffe or the Hypocrite), L'Avare ou L'École du mensonge (The Miser), Le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid), and Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman).