Molière - Œuvres complètes, Tome 3

The volume gathers comic dramas that satirize social and moral pretenses: one play exposes a manipulative religious hypocrite who nearly ruins a household; another follows an unrepentant seducer whose irreverence and deceit summon a supernatural reckoning; a third mocks medical quackery and romantic pretensions through farcical misunderstandings; and a fourth probes the tension between sincerity and polite society as an outspoken man confronts vanity and affectation. Together the pieces combine sharp social observation, brisk dialogue, and theatrical spectacle to critique hypocrisy, libertinism, and the gap between appearance and virtue.