Sganarelle Or The Self-Deceived Husband

By Molière and Richard Wilbur

Book Overview

Sganarelle Or The Self-Deceived Husband is a play written by the French playwright, Moliere, also known as Jean Baptiste Poquelin. The play was first performed in 1660 and revolves around the character of Sganarelle, a middle-aged man who is married to a much younger woman, Martine. Sganarelle is convinced that his wife is unfaithful and seeks the advice of various characters, including a quack doctor and a philosopher, in order to prove his suspicions. However, each of these characters only serves to confuse Sganarelle further and ultimately leads to his own downfall. The play is a satirical comedy that critiques the hypocrisy and foolishness of the upper classes in 17th century France. Sganarelle Or The Self-Deceived Husband is considered to be one of Moliere's most popular and enduring works and is still performed today in both French and English-speaking countries.SGAN. (Without seeing Celia). ""O too happy mortal in having so beautiful a wife "" Say rather, unhappy mortal in having such a disgraceful spouse through whose guilty passion, it is now but too clear, I have been cuckolded without any feeling of compassion. Yet I allow him to go away after such a discovery, and stand with my arms folded like a regular silly-billy I ought at least to have knocked his hat off, thrown stones at him, or mud on his cloak; to satisfy my wrath I should rouse the whole neighbourhood, and cry, ""Stop, thief of my honour ""This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141914684X
• ISBN13: 9781419146848
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.6" x 9.2"