L'indigent

<p><i>L'indigent</i> a drama in four acts by Louis-Sébastien Mercier offers a compelling glimpse into 18th-century French society. Written in prose this play explores themes of poverty and social injustice issues that preoccupied Mercier throughout his career. As a playwright and social critic Mercier used his works to comment on the inequalities of his time foreshadowing the revolutionary fervor that would soon grip France.</p> <p>This edition makes Mercier's important work available to scholars and enthusiasts of French literature drama and history providing valuable insight into the social and political landscape of pre-revolutionary France.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>