The Affected Young Ladies (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
- First Published: 1660
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: Paris
- Principal Characters: La Grange, Du Croisy, Magdelon, Cathos, The Marquis de Mascarille, Viscount Jodelet, Gorgibus
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Marriage, Paris, Seventeenth century, City life, Cosmetics or makeup
- Locales: Paris, France
The Story:
Gorgibus had brought his daughter Magdelon and his niece Cathos from their country home for a stay in Paris. There La Grange and Du Croisy, calling on them to propose marriage, were greatly disgusted by the affectation displayed by the young ladies, for the girls had adopted a manner prevalent everywhere in France, a combination of coquetry and artificiality. With the help of their valets, La Grange and Du Croisy determined to teach the silly young girls a lesson. One of the valets, Mascarille, loved to pass for a wit; he dressed himself as a man of quality and...
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