The Pretentious Young Ladies
by Molière
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About This Book
Les Précieuses ridicules / The Pretentious Young Ladies / The Affected Damsels is a one-act satire by Molière in prose.The pretentious young ladies are Magdelon and Cathos, two young provincials who came to Paris in search of love and jeux d'esprit. Gorgibus, the father of Magdelon and the uncle of Cathos, decides they should get married with a couple of young men, but the women find these men unrefined and ridicule them. The men then vow to take revenge. Appears Mascarille, a young man who claims to be a sophisticated man of the world attending the best circles. Magdelon falls in love with hi...
Chapters (23)
- LES PRÉCIEUSES RIDICULES:
- INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.
- DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
- SCENE—GORGIBUS' HOUSE, PARIS.
- THE PRETENTIOUS YOUNG LADIES. (LES PRÈCIEUSES RIDICULES.) ACT I.
- SCENE I.—LA GRANGE, DU CROISY.
- SCENE II.—GORGIBUS, DU CROISY, LA GRANGE.
- SCENE III.—GORGIBUS, MAROTTE.
- SCENE IV.—-MADELON, CATHOS, GORGIBUS.
- SCENE VI.—CATHOS, MADELON.
- SCENE VII.—CATHOS, MADELON, MAROTTE.
- SCENE VIII.—MASCARILLE, TWO CHAIRMEN.
- SCENE IX.—MAROTTE, MASCARILLE.
- SCENE X.—MADELON, CATHOS, MASCARILLE, ALMANZOR.
- SCENE XI.—CATHOS, MADELON, MASCARILLE, MAROTTE.
- SCENE XII.—CATHOS, MADELON, JODELET, MASCARILLE, MAROTTE, ALMANZOR.
- SCENE XIII.—LUCILE, CÉLIMÈNE, CATHOS, MADELON, MASCARILLE, JODELET, MAROTTE, ALMANZOR, AND MUSICIANS.
- SCENE XIV.—Du CROISY, LA GRANGE, CATHOS, MADELON, LUCILE, CÉLIMÈNE, JODELET; MASCARILLE, MAROTTE, AND MUSICIANS.
- SCENE XV.—CATHOS, MADELON, LUCILE, CÉLIMÈNE, MASCARILLE, JODELET, MAROTTE, AND MUSICIANS.
- SCENE XVI.—DU CROISY, LA GRANGE, MADELON, CATHOS, LUCILE, CÉLIMÈNE, MASCARILLE, JODELET, MAROTTE, AND MUSICIANS.
- SCENE XVII.—MADELON, CATHOS, JODELET, MASCARILLE, AND MUSICIANS.
- SCENE XVIII.—GORGIBUS, MADELON, CATHOS, JODELET, MASCARILLE, AND MUSICIANS.
- SCENE XIX.—GORGIBUS, MADELON, CATHOS, AND MUSICIANS.
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