"La Prude" de Voltaire. crivain et philosophe franais, nom de plume de Franois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778).
This comedy is partly imitated from an English piece, called the Plain Dealer. It does not suit very well for the French stage; the manners are too rough and bold, though much less so than in the original. The English seem to take too much liberty, and the French too little...