Back in Angoulême after a short stay in Paris, the Countess of Escarbagnas sets herself up as the arbiter of court manners, bullying her servants and lecturing everyone on refinement. A Viscount pretends to court her to hide his love for Julia, while a councillor and a tax-collector compete for the countess’s hand in this one-act satire of provincial pretension.
A short, sharp late Molière comedy, first acted before the court in 1671. Download the free EPUB.