{"product_id":"les-femmes-savantes-by-moliere-french","title":"'Les Femmes savantes' by Molière (French)","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"600\"\u003eFirst performed in 1672, \u003cem data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"85\"\u003eLes Femmes savantes\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"107\"\u003eThe Learned Ladies\u003c\/em\u003e) is one of Molière's final and most sophisticated comedies.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"600\"\u003eAt its centre is a household consumed by intellectual fashion: a mother and daughter obsessed with philosophy, poetry and salon culture, a family divided between genuine learning and pretension, and a young woman whose marriage becomes entangled in questions of education, gender and authority. As with Molière's greatest plays, the target is never learning itself but vanity, affectation and the social performance of intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"1104\"\u003eThis French school edition situates the play within the philosophical and literary debates of the seventeenth century, with extensive notes, critical commentary and contextual essays exploring figures such as Descartes and Gassendi, as well as Molière's theatrical practice. Beyond its classroom origins, it remains an excellent edition for French readers interested in classical theatre, early modern ideas about women and education, or the enduring comedy of people mistaking performance for thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1336\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1966 Bordas paperback edition in French. Light shelf wear with rubbing, age toning and scattered foxing to the covers and page edges. Binding is firm and the text is clean, with scholarly notes throughout.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45760482738259,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/bringdogs_babies_grandparents_62.png?v=1782967669","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/les-femmes-savantes-by-moliere-french","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}