Publisher's Synopsis
Moliere was a prominent French playwright who is widely considered to be one of the greatest comedians in all of literature. Moliere's impact was so great that many phrases from his plays are still used often in the French language today. Moliere's best known plays include Tartuffe, The Miser, The Misanthrope, The Imaginary Invalid, and The School for Wives. The Learned Women is a comic play that centers around some young women who think they are smarter than they truly are.