{"id":11168,"date":"2024-12-02T13:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=11168"},"modified":"2024-11-29T15:26:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T15:26:24","slug":"lavare-de-moliere-extrait-acte-iv-scene-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/lavare-de-moliere-extrait-acte-iv-scene-7\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#8217;Avare de Moli\u00e8re (Extrait Acte IV, sc\u00e8ne 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that French people call their own language\u00a0<em>&#8220;la langue de\u00a0Moli\u00e8re&#8221;<\/em>? The most famous French\u00a0playwright of all time, 17th-century\u00a0<strong>Moli\u00e8re<\/strong>\u00a0wrote\u00a0about 30 comedies that are still taught and played all around the world. 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