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The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman

by Jean-Baptiste Moliere
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781419182433
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 100
  • Original Price: USD 20.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 191 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): European / French

The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman is a play written by the French playwright Moliere. It tells the story of a wealthy but uneducated shopkeeper named Monsieur Jourdain who aspires to become a gentleman. He hires a series of tutors to teach him the ways of the aristocracy, but his efforts are comically misguided and ultimately lead to his downfall.The play is a satire of the social climbing and pretensions of the French upper class in the 17th century. It mocks the superficiality and snobbery of the aristocracy, while also poking fun at the naivety and foolishness of Monsieur Jourdain.The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman is a classic work of French literature and has been adapted into numerous stage productions and films. It remains a popular and enduring satire of human vanity and ambition.MR. JOUR. That confounded tailor makes me wait a long time on a day like this, when I have so much business to attend to. I am furious. May the deuce fly away with the tailor! May the plague choke the tailor! May the ague shake that brute of a tailor! If I had him here now, that rascally tailor, that wretch of a tailor, I....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.

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