Moliere
Also known as: Coquelin de Voliere / Master Aristophanes / Poquelin / Poquelin de Moliere / Voliere · Family: Epicureans · Role: poet · First appears: Chapter 3
In chapter 3, Percerin brought Moliere somewhere so he could make his observations, then left him there. Moliere abandoned those observations when D’Artagnan promised him access to Porthos, leading D’Artagnan into the adjoining chamber; he also recognized D’Artagnan, who had pulled his hat down over his eyes.
At Saint-Mande in chapter 4, Moliere belonged to Fouquet’s poetical society with La Fontaine, Loret, and Pelisson, as Aramis announced that the Epicurean poets would be put in uniform and enrolled in a regiment for the king. In chapter 5, Moliere appeared as Percerin’s chief clerk, assigned to try on the dresses ordered for the Epicureans. He measured Porthos by tracing his reflection in a mirror without touching him and promised, “You will have your dress the day after to-morrow, monsieur le baron,” answered Moliere.
In chapter 6, Aramis distributed Fouquet’s invitations to the writers. Moliere and La Fontaine were friends, and Moliere advised him not to leave an insult from Pelisson unpunished, while Porthos styled him accordingly. By chapter 19, Fouquet counted Moliere among the friends whose presence made poverty unlikely.
Relationship record
Life events
- Moliere abandoned his observations and led D’Artagnan to the adjoining chamber after being promised access to Porthos.(Chapter3)
- With: D’Artagnan Porthos
- “for he immediately rose and led the way into the adjoining chamber.”
- Aramis reveals that Fouquet’s Epicurean poets will be uniformed and enrolled in a regiment for the king.(Chapter4 · 📍 Saint-Mande)
- Moliere is revealed as M. Percerin’s chief clerk assigned to try on Fouquet’s ordered dresses.(Chapter5 · 📍 Saint-Mande)
- “this gentleman is one of M. Percerin’s chief clerks, and is expected at Saint-Mande to try on the dresses which M. Fouquet has ordered for the Epicureans.”
- Moliere promises Porthos that his dress will be ready.(Chapter5)
- With: Porthos
- “You will have your dress the day after to-morrow, monsieur le baron,” answered Moliere.”
- Moliere takes Porthos’s measure by tracing his reflection on a mirror without touching him.(Chapter5)
- With: Porthos
- “During that time Voliere drew me as I appeared in the mirror.”
- Aramis distributes Fouquet’s invitations to the assembled writers.(Chapter6 · 📍 Saint-Mande)
- With: Aramis Fouquet La Fontaine Loret Pelisson
- “Aramis distributed the notes of invitation, and thanked them in the name of M. Fouquet.”
Chapter 3
- with Percerin (Moliere says Percerin brought him to the shop.) “He brought me here so that I might be at my ease to make my observations, and then he went away.”
- with D’Artagnan (interaction) “‘Eh!’ said he, addressing this man, ‘and so you have become a tailor’s boy, Monsieur Moliere!’”
- with D’Artagnan (interaction) “Only on perceiving, and doubtless recognizing, our captain, he pulled his hat down over his eyes.”
Chapter 4
- with Fouquet (Moliere is a member of Fouquet's Epicurean poetical society.) “Is it not a kind of poetical society, of which La Fontaine, Loret, Pelisson, and Moliere are members, and which holds its sittings at Saint-Mande?”
Chapter 5
- employer: Percerin (M. Percerin employs Moliere as one of his chief clerks.) “this gentleman is one of M. Percerin’s chief clerks, and is expected at Saint-Mande to try on the dresses which M. Fouquet has ordered for the Epicureans.”
- with Aramis (Aramis takes Moliere with him to Saint-Mande.) “‘Come, then, my dear M. Moliere,’ said Aramis, ‘that is, if you have done with M. du Vallon.’”
- with Porthos (Moliere acts as Porthos’s tailor and takes his measure.) “This excellent M. Moliere set to work tracing out lines on the mirror, with a piece of Spanish chalk, following in all the make of my arms and my shoulders”
Chapter 6
- with Pelisson (Moliere treats Pelisson's insult as grounds for retaliation.) “But if Pelisson said you were so,” cried Moliere, “Pelisson has seriously offended you.” “Do you think so?” “Ah! I advise you, as you are a gentleman, not to leave an insult like that unpunished.” “What!” exclaimed La Fontaine. “Did you ever fight?”
- with La Fontaine (Moliere gives La Fontaine practical advice about his verses.) “Write them first and burn them afterwards.”
- with Porthos (Porthos calls Moliere “Coquelin de Voliere.”) “as Porthos styled him”
- friends with La Fontaine (The address occurs in a conversation involving Moliere and La Fontaine; the speaker attribution in the surrounding dialogue identifies the exchange.) “Ah, but, my good friend, one cannot talk of wheel-ruts when celebrating the delights of Vaux,” said Loret.”
Chapter 11
- with Fouquet (Moliere led Fouquet through the theater.) “in another, Moliere led him over the theater”
Chapter 19
- friends with Fouquet “Is it likely I shall ever be poor, with such friends as Pelisson, as La Fontaine, as Moliere?”
- with Fouquet (Fouquet attributes the creation and enduring ownership of Vaux to Moliere.) “Vaux belongs to Lebrun, to Lenotre, to Pelisson, to Levau, to La Fontaine, to Moliere”
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Extracted from the original text of The Man in the Iron Mask. Made with Rho MD.