Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (2/4/1688 to 2/12/1763) was the most important French playwright of the 18th century. He wrote numerous comedies for La Comédie Française and La Comédie Italienne of Paris, the most famous of which are THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE (1730) and LES FAUSSES CONFIDENCES (1737; FALSE CONFESSIONS). The French word marivaudage signifies the flirtatious bantering tone characteristic of Marivaux’s dialogue. He also published a number of essays in the manner of Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele, and two important though unfinished novels, La Vie de Marianne (The Life of Marianne, 1731-41) and Le Paysan parvenu (The Fortunate Peasant, 1735).