The Miser
Published on 24. September 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-85459-748-9 (ISBN)
Description
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Moliere's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children.
Harpagon is obsessed with the wealth he has amassed and always ready to save expenses. Now a widower, he has a son, Cleante, and a daughter, Elise. Although he is over sixty, he is attempting to marry his son's own sweetheart, Mariane.
But it seems that Harpagon's pinchpenny paranoia is finally catching up with him - his gold is missing, and this time it might really have disappeared for good...
The Miser was first performed in 1668, at the theatre of the Palais-Royal, Paris.
This English version, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series, is translated and introduced by Martin Sorrell.
Moliere's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children.
Harpagon is obsessed with the wealth he has amassed and always ready to save expenses. Now a widower, he has a son, Cleante, and a daughter, Elise. Although he is over sixty, he is attempting to marry his son's own sweetheart, Mariane.
But it seems that Harpagon's pinchpenny paranoia is finally catching up with him - his gold is missing, and this time it might really have disappeared for good...
The Miser was first performed in 1668, at the theatre of the Palais-Royal, Paris.
This English version, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series, is translated and introduced by Martin Sorrell.
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Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 160 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
95 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-748-9 (9781854597489)
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), known by his stage name Moliere, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Moliere's best known works are The Misanthrope, The School for Wives, Tartuffe, The Miser, The Imaginary Invalid and The Bourgeois Gentleman.