The life of a rich bourgeois family is disrupted by the mother\u2019s obsession with learning. Her older daughter Armande, and her sister-in-law B\u00e9lise follow suit in her excessive academic pretension. Armande who was once in love with Clitandre has given up the lowly idea of marriage to devote herself to studying. Turned off by her disdain for love, Clitandre has fallen in love with Henriette, Armande\u2019s younger sister. As to B\u00e9lise, she is also a Pr\u00e9cieuse<\/em>, a coquettish, affected (older) lady, who is completely self-deluded: she believes that all men, including Clitandre, secretly burn for her. And truly, if it were not for B\u00e9lise, the plot would be bittersweet, as it is often the case with Moli\u00e8re\u2019s grandes com\u00e9dies<\/em>. Then enters B\u00e9lise, the extravagant one, and Martine the little servant with her feet solidly planted in the ground, and everyone starts to laugh. Melancholy is forgotten with the fall of the curtain. This is Moli\u00e8re.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Les Femmes Savantes (“The Learned Women”), 1672 The life of a rich bourgeois family is disrupted by the mother\u2019s obsession with learning. Her older daughter Armande, and her sister-in-law B\u00e9lise follow suit in her excessive academic pretension. Armande who was once in love with Clitandre has given up the lowly idea of marriage to devote … Continue reading LES FEMMES SAVANTES<\/span>