IMITATION FROM THE 'CERCLE DES FEMMES

The intrigue of Les Précieuses ridicules bears some resemblance to the Cercle des femmes, a comic dialogue by Chappuzcau, which was publislied in 1650.

The following is the analysis that Cailhava, in his A^^t de la Comédie, has made of the latter pièce, as well as the comparison he has instituted between thèse two works : —