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The School for Wives
The School for Wives | Molière
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THE STORY: Fearing cuckoldry above all else, Arnolphe has painstakingly trained the guileless Agnes from childhood to become his obedient and faithful wife. Although he has carefully shielded her from the outside world, romance finds her in the for
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I am reading The School for Wives, a comedy Molière wrote in 1663, about an old man who has a young girl brought up in complete ignorance and closely watched in a convent, to ensure that she becomes the ideal wife for him. Obviously, things don‘t go as planned!

catsuit_mango I want to re read molière, as the teenager me and grown up me might have different points of view :) 3y
Dilara @catsuit_mango I last read Molière in high school, and I didn't like it because I found his humour annoying. It's different this time: I can appreciate the language and the satire, even though the stock comedy routines leave me cold. 3y
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