The Middle-Class Gentleman: Play Guide and Free Edition

The Middle-Class Gentleman is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Molière (1622–1673). The listed translation credits are Jones, Philip Dwight.

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"The Middle-Class Gentleman" by Molière is a five-act comédie-ballet first performed in 1670 before the court of Louis XIV. The play satirizes social climbing through Monsieur Jourdain, a middle-aged merchant's son desperately trying to become an aristocrat. He hires teachers in fencing, dancing, and philosophy, making a fool of himself at every turn. When he refuses to let his daughter marry her middle-class beloved, insisting on a nobleman instead, a clever scheme unfolds involving an elaborate Turkish disguise that plays perfectly to his absurd ambitions.

Book and edition facts

• Title: The Middle-Class Gentleman
• Author credits: Molière (1622–1673)
• Catalogue language: English
• Translator credits: Jones, Philip Dwight

Catalogue subjects

• Comedy plays
• France -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Drama
• French drama
• Middle class -- France -- Drama

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• Category: Classics of Literature
• Category: French Literature
• Category: Humour
• Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

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