The School for Wives and the Learned Ladies, by Molière
Two Comedies in an Acclaimed Translation.
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 15, 1991
The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. “Wilbur...makes Molière into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one” (John Simon, New York).
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- Who it’s for
- Molière’s domestic comedies arrive in Richard Wilbur’s English verse, where marital schemes meet household disorder.
- Themes
- Marriage schemes, Domestic conflict
- Genres
- French Plays
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The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. “Wilbur...makes Molière into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one” (John Simon, New York). Introductions by Richard Wilbur.
Marriage, Molière Style
Molière’s domestic comedies arrive in Richard Wilbur’s English verse, where marital schemes meet household disorder.
Come here for
- Two comedies with marriage and household life in comic disarray
- Molière rendered in English verse by Richard Wilbur
Expect
- An insecure husband’s plan for an infallible alliance
- A domineering woman’s domestic calamities
Where it sits
| French Plays | 97% |
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Publisher categories
- French Plays
- Italian Plays
- Shakespeare
- Plays by Women
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- History of Education
- Arts & Humanities Teaching
- Teaching Language Arts
- History Resources
- Authors
- Richard Wilbur
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 15, 1991
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Marriage schemes · Domestic conflict
- Reading lane
- French Plays