Cover of Psyche by Molière Ebook Psyche
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Psyche

Author
Molière
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
64 pages
ISBN
9781911495567
Published
20 July 2016
Imprint
Urban Romantics
  • Molière
  • humour
  • comedy
  • satire
  • enlightenment
  • drama
  • wit
  • poetry
  • epic
  • romantic

Description

Psyche's jealous sisters attempt to attract the attention of her two most recent suitors, without success. Psyche refuses both suitors before being called away by a messenger. The messenger then informs Psyche's sisters that she must be sacrificed on the mountain top and devoured by a monster. The sisters confess their delight before a group of mourners arrive on stage and sing the first intermède, the plainte italienne.

Author

Molière (1622–1673), born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, is the great comic dramatist of the French language — actor, poet, and company manager who wrote Tartuffe, The Bourgeois Gentleman, and The Imaginary Invalid. His plays mock hypocrisy, pretension, and the body that will not behave, and they still fill the Comédie-Française more often than any other playwright.