Marivaux

[ ma-ree-voh ]

/ ma riˈvoʊ /

noun

Pierre Car·let de Cham·blain de

[pyer kar-le duh shahn-blan duh] /pyɛr karˈlɛ də ʃɑ̃ˈblɛ̃ də/,1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist.

Example sentences from the Web for marivaux

All Marivaux's dramas pass in a world of his own invention—a world curiously compounded of imagination and reality.

Landmarks in French Literature |G. Lytton Strachey
No one comprehended Molire better; no one knew how to interpret more naturally the spirit of Marivaux.

Later Queens of the French Stage |H. Noel Williams
No, cried Marivaux, ask any body but Fontenelle, for he has too much good sense to know any more about it than we do.

Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Vol. 1 of 3) |Thomas Brown
It was at once picked up, and Marivaux soon obtained the death he had courted.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 |Various

In Marivaux, the impatience to display his finesse and sagacity was quite apparent.

The Women of the French Salons |Amelia Gere Mason

British Dictionary definitions for marivaux

Marivaux

/ (French marivo) /

noun

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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