George Dandin: or The Abashed Husband
Author: last_name: Molière
Language: English
Year: 18

"The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle having been ratified ... and peace being assured ... Louis XIV resolved to give a festival in his favorite gardens of Versailles.   Moliere's comedy, George Dandin, formed the chief entertainment."  The plot: A wife comes home rather late, finds the door shut, and threatens to kill herself if her husband does not let her in. She pretends to do so; the good man rushes out quite terrified; the wife, meanwhile, sneaks in, and he is in his turn locked out. Add in her i