The Bourgeois Gentleman (Dover Thrift Editions)

Classic satire, one of the best by France€™s greatest comedic playwright, pokes fun at the sham and hypocrisy of 17th-century French society. A wealthy tradesman, Monsieur Jourdain, yearns to become a gentleman in order to win the hand of a marchioness€”disregarding the inconvenient fact that he is already married€”but only succeeds in making a fool of himself.