num_pages: 324
description: The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. “Wilbur...makes Molière into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one” (John Simon, New York). Introductions by Richard Wilbur.
language: English
title: The School for Wives / The Learned Ladies
titlecomplete: The School for Wives / The Learned Ladies
genres: Theatre, French Literature, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Humor, France
ratings_count: 692
publisher: Ecco