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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

仆人编造假绑架。在那不勒斯,莱昂德尔要筹到钱,才能把心爱的姑娘泽比内特留在身边。他的父亲热隆特有钱,却很吝啬。莱昂德尔的仆人司卡班对热隆特说,一个土耳其人用船把他儿子带走了,要五百埃居才肯放人。

The world of the book

那不勒斯,地中海的大港口。故事发生在意大利的那不勒斯。两位富商阿尔冈特和热隆特出门旅行了两个月。这期间,他们的儿子都坠入爱河,阿尔冈特的儿子奥克塔夫还偷偷结了婚。今天早晨,两位父亲从海上回来了。

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