Download or read book The School For Wives And The Learned Ladies, By Molière written by Richard Wilbur and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1991-11-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. “Wilbur...makes Molière into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one” (John Simon, New York). Introductions by Richard Wilbur.