I, like so many others in this review section, have only read this play in English and so I am afraid that therefore I have missed out on some of the wit that Moliere intended to communicate to his audience. That being said, it was still a hilarious comedy with plenty of humor and cleverness. But then you take into account the setting this play was written in it becomes not simply entertaining, but fascinating. Moliere was highly criticized by the Church for his comedies that were often times satires which poked fun at different elements of society, including the Church in his famous “Tartuffe.” However, Moliere was favored by the king and his theater troupe was even known as “The King’s Troupe.” In this play he pokes fun at the “nouveau riche” (newly rich) or social climbers. The title is an oxymoron because one could not be a bourgeois (middle class) person and also a gentilhomme (gentleman, or nobleman). It is a fun read featuring a ridiculous “lord” and the antics those around him use to trick him and take advantage of his foolishness!