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Best books to read after Il ne faut jurer de rien by Alfred de Musset
Musset's 1836 Proverbe dramatique — the most perfectly executed of the form — in which a confirmed bachelor is sent to expose a virtuous young woman as seducible and falls in love with her. A delightfully light comedy that proves its moral through its plot: 'One should never swear.'
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Fantasio
by Alfred de Musset
The companion comedy that established Musset's tone for the Proverbes — lighter than On ne badine pas, sharing Il ne faut jurer de rien's preference for wit and charm over tragedy.
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On ne badine pas avec l'amour
by Alfred de Musset
The darker companion — what the constancy-test comedy looks like when the wit stops protecting people from their feelings and the consequences become genuinely tragic.
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Les Proverbes
by Alfred de Musset
The collection that contains Il ne faut jurer de rien along with Il faut qu'une porte and other shorter Proverbes — the complete context for understanding what Musset does with the form.
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The Way of the World
by William Congreve
The English Restoration comedy that is the closest predecessor to Musset's Proverbes — Millamant and Mirabell's courtship through wit is the model for Musset's bachelor-turned-lover.
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Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
The Shakespearean comedy of the confirmed bachelor who swears he will never love — Benedick's oath is exactly the one Valentin takes, with the same result.
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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
Austen's comedy of the man whose pride prevents him from seeing clearly — Darcy's arc is structurally similar to Valentin's, though the social stakes are very different.
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Le Misanthrope
by Molière
Molière's comedy of the man who refuses social compromise until he can no longer refuse — the direct ancestor of Musset's confirmed bachelor type.
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Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée
by Alfred de Musset
The companion Proverbe — even shorter than Il ne faut jurer de rien, and the purest expression of Musset's form: a two-person debate in which love is confessed through argument.
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