01821cam a22003733u 4500 2992 UtSlPG 20260610133106.0 m cr n 260607r2001||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Molière, 1622-1673 Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. English The Middle-Class Gentleman Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2001 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bourgeois_gentilhomme Release date is 2001-12-01 Produced by Philip Dwight Jones, and David Widger "The Middle-Class Gentleman" by Molière is a five-act comédie-ballet first performed in 1670 before the court of Louis XIV. The play satirizes social climbing through Monsieur Jourdain, a middle-aged merchant's son desperately trying to become an aristocrat. He hires teachers in fencing, dancing, and philosophy, making a fool of himself at every turn. When he refuses to let his daughter marry her middle-class beloved, insisting on a nobleman instead, a clever scheme unfolds involving an elaborate Turkish disguise that plays perfectly to his absurd ambitions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Comedy plays French drama Middle class -- France -- Drama France -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Drama Jones, Philip Dwight https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2992 45066 45066