The Hypochondriac (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Moliere
- First Published: 1674
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: Paris
- Principal Characters: Argan, Béline, Angélique, Cléante, Béralde, Thomas Diafoirus, Toinette
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Doctors, Paris, Seventeenth century, Pharmacies or pharmacists
- Locales: Paris, France
The Story:
Argan was the worst sort of hypochondriac. Each day saw him trying some sort of new drug, and as a result the doctor and the apothecary could exist almost exclusively on their profits from Argan. Toinette, his maidservant, was certain that there was absolutely nothing the matter with her master, but she tried in vain to persuade him not to worry about his health. He refused to listen to her, determined to be an invalid.
He was encouraged in his supposed illness by his doctor and by Béline, his second wife, who used his weakness to further her schemes to get...
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