by Pierre de Marivaux · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253180029
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«La Fausse Suivante» is a play by Pierre de Marivaux, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (127 pages, in French).
A young, wealthy Parisian woman disguises herself as a gentleman to test Lélio, her fiancé, who does not know her. Discovering that he plans to marry a countess to settle his debts, the false gentleman courts the countess to thwart the marriage. Deception, cross-dressing and identity intertwine in this comedy premiered in 1724.
The play premiered at the Théâtre-Italien in 1724. This 1999 edition belongs to the Le Théâtre de Poche collection.
For students of French literature and readers of eighteenth-century classical theatre; it is common reading in French schools.
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist.
