THE IMAGINARY INVALID.

(LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE.)


BY

MOLIERE,

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE.

_WITH SHORT INTRODUCTIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_.

BY

CHARLES HERON WALL.


This is the last comedy written by Moliere. He was very ill, nearly
dying, at the time he wrote it. It was first acted at the Palais Royal
Theatre, on February 10, 1673.

Moliere acted the part of Argan.




PERSONS REPRESENTED.

ARGAN, _an imaginary invalid_.