Tartuffe
Will be published approx. on 22. February 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
118 pages
978-1-85459-637-6 (ISBN)
Description
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Moliere's comic masterpiece about an irreclaimable hypocrite - one of the most famous French plays of all time.
The pious Tartuffe is lodging with Orgon and his family, ingratiating himself with both his host and his host's mother to such a degree that both are blinded to his true - rather less virtuous - designs. Like marrying Orgon's daughter Mariane, whilst seducing his wife, Elmire.
This English version of Tartuffe, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Martin Sorrell.
Moliere's comic masterpiece about an irreclaimable hypocrite - one of the most famous French plays of all time.
The pious Tartuffe is lodging with Orgon and his family, ingratiating himself with both his host and his host's mother to such a degree that both are blinded to his true - rather less virtuous - designs. Like marrying Orgon's daughter Mariane, whilst seducing his wife, Elmire.
This English version of Tartuffe, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Martin Sorrell.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 167 mm
Width: 109 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
100 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-637-6 (9781854596376)
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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.