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The Rogueries of Scapin

Molière

The Rogueries of Scapin

Paper book: €14.99

Digital: €3.99

Original publication
1671
Monolingual
22 October 2026
Pages
115
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Theatre, Humor
Moods
Have a laugh, Escape it all
Translated from
French

Book summary

In Naples, while their fathers are away, Octave and Léandre have fallen in love. But these two miserly old men would never accept their sons' choice. The valet Scapin gets them out of trouble by inventing trick after trick to fool the fathers, even shutting one of them in a sack to give him a beating.

Farce and wit mix in this comedy, in which Molière wrote one of his most famous lines: “What the devil was he doing in that galley?”

Written in short, lively dialogue, it is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

召使いが偽の誘拐をでっちあげる。ナポリで、レアンドルは愛するゼルビネットを手元に置くために、お金を作らなければなりません。父ジェロントは金持ちですが、けちです。レアンドルの召使いスカパンは、ジェロントに「トルコ人が息子を船で連れ去り、返してほしければ五百エキュを払えと言っている」と告げます。

The world of the book

ナポリ、地中海の大きな港。舞台はイタリアのナポリです。裕福な商人アルガントとジェロントは、二か月の旅に出ています。その間に息子たちは恋に落ち、アルガントの息子オクターヴはひそかに結婚しました。今朝、二人の父親が海路で帰ってきます。

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