Title: Moliere's The bourgeois gentleman
Description: Wealthy and foolish Monsieur Jourdain is in love with the Countess Dorimene and aches to be what he is not--a member of the aristocracy. Determined to overcome his low birth with an education in high style, he unwittingly surrounds himself with charlatans and swindlers who gleefully take his money and prey on his innocence.
Subjects: Translations into English, French drama
People: Molière (1622-1673)
Time periods: 17th century