Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
The greatest comic writer in the French language, Molière satirized hypocrisy, pretension, and social conformism with an inexhaustible inventiveness. His comedies established a lasting model for European satirical drama.
Works
- TartuffeHypocritical religious impostor exploits a family's faith and wealth
- The MisanthropeBitter man's hatred of humanity alienates him from love and society
- The MiserWealthy miser's greed destroys his family and ruins his daughter's love
- The Bourgeois GentlemanNouveau-riche man seeks aristocratic status through ridiculous pretensions
- Don JuanLibertine seducer faces damnation when a statue of stone comes alive