Nicolas Chamfort - Works

Works

  • Praise of Molière, crowned (1769);
  • The Fountain of Praise (1774);
  • The young Indian (1764); La Jeune Indienne: Comédie en Un Acte Et en Vers. Princeton University Press. 1945.
  • The Merchant of Smythe, comedy;
  • Mustapha and Zéangir, tragedy.

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