Les Femmes Savantes: (the Learned Ladies)

Written by the seventeenth-century French playwright Molière, this classic comedy of manners is a hilarious and thought-provoking satire on the intellectual pretensions of the French aristocracy. The play revolves around the efforts of a group of learned women to force their husbands and families to recognize their intellectual superiority, with predictably comic results. With its sharp wit and sparkling dialogue, Les Femmes Savantes is a timeless masterpiece of French literature.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. Read more