The Misanthrope and Other Plays
by:
John Wood (author)
Molière (author)
The Misanthrope, Moliere's richly sophisticated comic drama is accompanied in this volume by The Would—be Gentleman, another tale of a dangerously deluded and obsessive hero. Tartuffe dares to take on the subject of religious hypocrisy. Also included are Such Foolish Affected Ladies and...
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The Misanthrope, Moliere's richly sophisticated comic drama is accompanied in this volume by The Would—be Gentleman, another tale of a dangerously deluded and obsessive hero. Tartuffe dares to take on the subject of religious hypocrisy. Also included are Such Foolish Affected Ladies and Those Learned Ladies, both newly translated for this edition. Finally, The Doctor Despite Himself is a hilarious example of Moliere's long-standing vendetta against the medical profession.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140440898 (0140440895)
Publish date: October 30th 1959
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 282
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Comedy,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
France,
17th Century
IntroductionChronologyBibliographyNote on MoneyTranslator's Note--Such Foolish Affected Ladies--Tartuffe--The Misanthrope--The Doctor Despite Himself--The Would-Be Gentleman--Those Learned LadiesExplanatory Notes
Moliere has long been on my to-read list because his comedies were on a list of "100 Significant Books" I was determined to read through. The introduction in one of the books of his plays says that of his "thirty-two comedies... a good third are among the comic masterpieces of world literature." The...
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