Molière
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Molière portrait, 1658
About the author
Born
Paris, France, 1622
Died
Paris, France, 1673
Places lived
France: Paris and Orléans (dispouted)
Nationality
French
Forms of writing
Plays
Genres
Comedy, satire
Writing language
French
Literature
• The School for Wives (1662)
• Tartuffe (1664)
• The Misanthrope (1666)
• The Bourgeois Gentleman (1970)
Plays
• The School for Wives (1662)
• Tartuffe (1664)
• The Misanthrope (1666)
• The Miser (1666)
• The Bourgeois Gentleman (1970)
• The Imaginary Invalid (1673)
French Literature
• The School for Wives (1662)
• Tartuffe (1664)
• Dom Juan (1665)
• The Misanthrope (1666)
• The Misers (1668)
• The Bourgeois Gentleman (1870)
• The Learned Ladies (1672)
• The Imaginary Invalid (1673)
Humour and Satire
• The School for Wives (1662)
• The Misanthrope (1666)
• The Misers (1668)
• The Bourgeois Gentleman (1870)
• The Learned Ladies (1672)
• The Imaginary Invalid (1673)
Literary Fiction
• The Bourgeois Gentleman (1870)
• The Imaginary Invalid (1673)
Myth and Mythology
• Dom Juan (1665)
Works first performed or published in book form
Le Médecin volant (The Flying Doctor), play, 1645
La Jalousie du barbouillé (The Jealous Husband), play, c. 1645–1950
L'Étourdi ou Les Contretemps (The Blunderer), play, 1655
Le Dépit amoureux (The Lovers' Quarrel), play, 1656
Le Docteur amoureux (The Doctor in Love), play, 1658
Les Précieuses ridicules (The Affected Young Ladies), play, 1659
Sganarelle ou Le Cocu imaginaire (Sganarelle, or the Imaginary Cuckold), play, 1660
Dom Garcie de Navarre ou Le Prince jaloux (Don Garcia of Navarre or the Jealous Prince), play, 1661
L'École des maris (The School for Husbands), play, 1661
Les Fécheux (The Mad), play, 1661
L'École des femmes (The School for Wives), play, 1662
La Jalousie du Gros-René (The Jealousy of Gros-René), play (lost), 1663
La Critique de l'école des femmes (Critique of the School for Wives), dramatic dialogue, 1663
L'Impromptu de Versailles (The Rehearsal at Versailles), play, 1663
Le Mariage forcé (The Forced Marriage), play, 1664
La Princesse d'Élide (The Princess of Elid), play, 1664
Tartuffe ou L'Imposteur (Tartuffe), play, 1664
Dom Juan ou Le Festin de pierre, play 1665
L'Amour médecin (Love Is the Doctor), play, 1665
Le Misanthrope ou L'Atrabilaire amoureux (The Misanthrope), play, 1666
Le Médecin malgré lui (The Doctor in Spite of Himself), play, 1666
Mélicerte, play 1669
Pastorale comique, play, 1667
Le Sicilien ou L'Amour peintre (The Sicilian, or Love the Painter), play, 1667
Amphitryon, play, 1668
George Dandin ou Le Mari confondu (George Dandin, or the Abashed Husband), play, 1668
L'Avare ou L'École du mensonge (The Miser), play, 1668
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, play,1669
Les Amants magnifiques (The Magnificent Lovers), play, 1670
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman), play, 1670
Psych— (Psyche), play, 1671
Les Fourberies de Scapin (The Impostures of Scapin), play, 1671
La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas (The Countess of Escarbagnas), play, 1671
Les Femmes savantes (The Learned Ladies), play, 1672
Le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid), play, 1673
Atributed poems published in posthumous collections
"À M. La Mothe Le Vayer, sur la mort de son fils" ("To Monsieur de la Mothe le Vayer, on the Death of His Son"), poem, written 1664
"La Gloire du Val-de-Grâce" ("The Glory of Val-de-Grâce"), poem, written c. 1669
"Remerciement au Roi" ("Thanks to the King"), poem, written c. 1663
"Vers de circonstance" ("Occasional verses"), short verses and epigrams written for social occasions
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