All 4 Uses of
Molière
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- It is like that Turkish phrase of Moliere's that so astonished the bourgeois gentleman by the number of things implied in its utterance.†
Chpt 31-32 *
- Moliere or Beaumarchais would reply to you, madame, that it was precisely because I was not, that I had cured my patients; for myself, I am content to say to you that I have studied chemistry and the natural sciences somewhat deeply, but still only as an amateur, you understand.†
Chpt 51-52
- * In Moliere's comedy, Le Misanthrope.†
Chpt 95-96
- * The miser in Moliere's comedy of "L'Avare."†
Chpt 115-116
Definitions:
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(1)
(Molière) French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Molière can refer to others with that name.