• Author: Molière
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN-13 : 9782035834201
• Level: Near Beginners
• Language: French
• Market: Adolescent/Adult
• Pages: 191
• Publisher: Larousse
• Publishing Date: January 1980
• Series : Les Petits Classiques Larousse
• Subject: French
• Weight: 120 gm

About The Book 

Like other jokes by Molière, Le Malade imaginaire is a satire on medical sham. But it is also a character comedy that depicts the extravagances of a bourgeois obsessed with the disease. Finally, it is a comedy-ballet dominated by a climate of fantasy and recklessness. Disguise and illusion will eventually render the hero's sickly imagination harmless if they cannot correct it. Laughter and pleasure have the last word here: this is Molière's final message.