Publisher:
Bloomsbury, London
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Henriette and Clitandre are in love and planning to marry. Henriette's beloved father, Chrysale, and his brother, Ariste are in favour of the marriage but it's her female relatives that are proving harder to convince. Her bossy mother, Philaminte...
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Henriette and Clitandre are in love and planning to marry. Henriette's beloved father, Chrysale, and his brother, Ariste are in favour of the marriage but it's her female relatives that are proving harder to convince. Her bossy mother, Philaminte would prefer her to marry the scholar Trissotin, a lofty yet mediocre poet with pretentions to literary greatness. Philaminte, along with Henriette's sister, Armanda and Chrysale's sister, Bélise, are in thrall to Trissotin. They are the 'learned ladies' of the title and display a rampant snobbery towards anyone they deem uneducated. Flattered by the sycophantic Trissotin they fawn over him, but Ariste has a plan to show the whole family his true colours.
