Work

Les Précieuses ridicules

The Affected Ladies

Author

Language

Year

1659

Country

France

Genre

Drama / Theatre / Plays

early modern europe

Les Précieuses ridicules

Les Précieuses ridicules is a one-act satire by Molière in prose. It takes aim at the précieuses, the ultra-witty ladies who indulged in lively conversations, word games and, in a word, préciosité (preciousness). It was adapted into a lyric comedy and a film.

Translations

Plays, by Moliere. The Romantic Ladies, Don Garcia of Navarre, The School for Husbands, The School for Wives, The School for Wives Criticised, and The Impromptu of Versailles. A New Translation. 1770

Plays, by Moliere. The Romantic Ladies, Don Garcia of Navarre, The School for Husbands, The School for Wives, The School for Wives Criticised, and The Impromptu of Versailles. A New Translation. 1770

tr. Anonymous · R. Taylor · United Kingdom · 1770

The Dramatic Works of Moliere, Vol. I

The Dramatic Works of Moliere, Vol. I

tr. Charles Heron Wall · George Bell & Sons · United Kingdom · 1876

The Misanthrope, and Other Plays: (Such Preposterously Precious Ladies, Tartuffe, A Doctor Despite Himself, The Would-be Gentleman, Those Learned Ladies)

The Misanthrope, and Other Plays: (Such Preposterously Precious Ladies, Tartuffe, A Doctor Despite Himself, The Would-be Gentleman, Those Learned Ladies)

tr. John Wood, David Coward · Penguin · United Kingdom · 2000

Don Juan and Other Plays

Don Juan and Other Plays

tr. George Graveley, Ian MacLean · Oxford World's Classics · United Kingdom · 2008

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