Comedies

Comedies
Authors: Molière
Published on: 1890
Page Count: 570 pages
Print Type: BOOK
Maturity Rating: NOT_MATURE
Language: en
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Molière. THE FORCED MARRIAGE ( LE MARIAGE forcé ) . DRAMATIS PERSONE . LYCASTE , lover of Dorimène . PANCRACE , an Aristotelian doc- tor . MARPHURIUS , Sganarelle , lover of Dorimène . GERONIMO , friend of Sganarelle . DORIMÈNE ...

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