The play is a satirical comedy that pokes fun at the pretentiousness and affectations of the intellectual and social elite of the time. It centers around two young men who, in their pursuit of love, find themselves entangled with a group of affected women who are obsessed with the finer points of literary and social etiquette. The men must navigate through the absurdities of these self-proclaimed "precieuses" (precious ones), whose ludicrous behavior and exaggerated mannerisms are both mocked and exposed as ridiculous. The work is a humorous critique of the artificialities of certain social circles and the lengths to which people will go to appear more sophisticated than they truly are.

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