The School for Husbands (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
- First Published: 1661
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
- Time of Work: 1660’s
- Setting: Paris
- Principal Characters: Sganarelle, Ariste, Isabelle, Léonor, Valère
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Marriage, Paris, Brothers, Seventeenth century, Letter writing, Duty, Wills, Dancing or dancers, Orphans or orphanages
- Locales: Paris, France
The Story:
Léonor and Isabelle, orphaned on the death of their father, were committed by his deathbed wish to the guardianship of his friends, Sganarelle and Ariste, with the additional charge that if Sganarelle and Ariste did not marry the young women then the guardians were to provide suitable husbands for their wards. The two brothers had different ideas about the upbringing of the orphans. The elder, Ariste, chose to conform to the fashions of the day but without going to extremes. He gave his ward, Léonor, the opportunity to attend balls and dances and meet the gallants...
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