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Moliere : a Life in the Theatre by Virginia Scott, Scott, Virginia is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><p>this Full-length Biography Is The First To Be Written About Molière In English Since <br>1930.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>as The First Substantive English-language Biography Of Moli Re Since 1930, This Is A Happy Arrival For Students Of The Theater And Of French Literature And Culture. In Spite Of The Intermittent Lack Of Verifiable Facts, Moli Re's Life Reliably Materializes As High Drama, And Scott Does Not Waste Time Trying To Canonize Refutable Trifles. She Makes The Leaps Necessary To Create A Strong Narrative Without Sacrificing Scholarship, And She Paints Her Mischievous Protagonist In Front Of A Set Of 17th-century France, Magnificently Evoked Through Vivid Detail And Fluid Imagination. Born In 1622 To A Bourgeois Parisian Tapissier, Or Furniture Merchant And Upholsterer, Moli Re Took A Law Degree In 1642, But Then Disappointed His Parents By Forming The Illustre Theater And Becoming An Actor, Playwright And Libertine. One Of The Central Mysteries Of Moli Re's Life Is His Wife, Armande. She Is Sometimes Identified As The Illegitimate Daughter Of Moli Re's Former Mistress, Madeline Bejart, And Scott Agrees With That Controversial Conclusion, But Notes That
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Virginia Scott, Scott, Virginia
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521012386
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Romance, History, Biography
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14