Marivaux

American  

[ma-ree-voh] / ma riˈvoʊ /

noun

1. Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist.

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Marivaux British  

/ marivo /

noun

1. Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de (pjɛr karlɛ də ʃɑ̃blɛ̃ də). 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist, noted particularly for his comedies, such as Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard (1730) and La Vie de Marianne (1731–41)

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Marivaux

The next year, she appeared in a Marivaux play directed by the influential Patrice Chéreau at his Nanterre theater.

From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

Written by Geoffrey Layton and Luc Bondy, based on a play by Pierre de Marivaux.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2017

The Marivaux plot uses archetypal characters from Italian commedia, but the appealing thing about Marivaux is the surprisingly sincere feeling he often generates as the romantic plot twists.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2017

It usually worked and, after all, we were heirs of 18th-Century literary and artistic greats Marivaux and Fragonard - one had to abide by certain cultural, unwritten laws.

From BBC ● May 17, 2016

Nevertheless, I am myself pretty sure that Marivaux at least helped Richardson and Fielding, and there can be no doubt that Crébillon helped Sterne.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury