Moliere

Interesting Facts

• In this work, Bulgakov, with the elegance of a playwright and the passion of a researcher, recreates the atmosphere of theatrical Paris in the seventeenth century, where the stage becomes an arena for the struggle for freedom of speech and human dignity.
• The image of Moliere in the book takes on the features of a tragic hero: behind the mask of the comedian hides a man whose life is a constant confrontation with the hypocrisy and dogmatism of his age.
• Bulgakov skillfully weaves real historical events and figures into the fabric of the narrative, allowing the reader to feel the breath of the era and the drama of a creative personality doomed to loneliness amid court intrigue.
• In the dialogues and monologues of the characters, one hears the echo of Bulgakov’s own personal experiences, for whom the theme of the artist and power was not only literary but deeply personal.
• The book is filled with subtle allusions and parallels between Moliere’s fate and that of the author himself, giving the narrative special depth and a tragic hue.