# The Countess of Escarbagnas Author: Molière, 1622-1673; Wall, Charles Heron [Translator] Genre: One Act Plays Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7451 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Countess+of+Escarbagnas+Moli%C3%A8re&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary VISC. I should have been here long ago if there were no importunate people in the world. I was stopped on my way by an old bore of rank, who asked me news of the court, merely to be able himself to detail to me the most absurd things that can well be imagined about it. You know that those great newsmongers are the curse of provincial towns, and that they have no greater anxiety than to spread, everywhere abroad all the tittle-tattle they pick up. This one showed me, to begin with, two large sheets of paper full to the very brim with the greatest imaginable amount of rubbish, which, he says, comes from the safest quarters. Then, as if it were a wonderful thing, he read full length and with... ## Chapters - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-countess-of-escarbagnas-7451/chapters/18/index.md)