Monsieur De Pourceaugnac - Jean-Baptiste Moliére - Bog

Monsieur De Pourceaugnac is a play written by the French playwright Moliere, also known as Jean Baptiste Poquelin. The play is a comedy that was first performed in 1669 and tells the story of a wealthy man named Monsieur De Pourceaugnac who travels from his home in Limoges to Paris in order to marry a young woman named Julie. However, Julie's father and his scheming friends have other plans for Monsieur De Pourceaugnac, and they set out to make his trip to Paris as difficult and unpleasant as possible. The play is filled with misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and hilarious situations as Monsieur De Pourceaugnac tries to navigate his way through the various obstacles that are put in his path. Moliere's play is a satirical commentary on the upper classes of French society, and it pokes fun at their pretensions, their snobbery, and their obsession with status and wealth. Monsieur De Pourceaugnac is a classic of French literature, and it remains a popular and entertaining play to this day.2ND PHY. Heaven forbid, Sir, that it should enter my thoughts to add anything to what you have just been saying! You have discoursed too well on all the signs, symptoms, and causes of this gentleman's disease. The arguments you have used are so learned and so delicate that it is impossible for him not to be mad and hypochondriacally melancholic; or, were he not, that he ought to become so, because of the beauty of the things you have spoken, and of the justness of your reasoning. Yes, Sir, you have graphically depicted, graphice depinxisti, everything that appertains to this disease.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.