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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140447288

ISBN-139780140447286

eBay Product ID (ePID)1736459

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleMiser and Other Plays : a New Selection

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

TopicEuropean / French, European / General

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Drama, Literary Collections

AuthorMolière

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight8.7 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2001-278482

Dewey Edition21

Notes byCoward, David

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal842/.4

SynopsisMoli re combined all the traditional elements of comedy - wit, slapstick, spectacle and satire - to create richly sophisticated and enduringly popular dramas. The Miser is the story of Harpagon, a mean-spirited old man who becomes obsessed with making money out of the marriage of his children, while The Hypochondriac, another study in obsession, is a brilliant satire on the medical profession. The School for Wives, in which an ageing domestic tyrant is foiled in his plans to marry his young ward, provoked such an outcry that Moli re followed it with The School for Wives Criticized - a witty retort to those who disapproved of the play's supposed immorality. And while Don Juan is the darkest and most tragic of all the plays in this collection, it still mocks the soullessness of the skinflint with scathing irony., This volume of Moliere's dramatic commentaries on society presents The Miser , a misguided hero who obsessively disrupts the lives of those around him. The School for Wives is newly translated for this edition and was fiercely denounced as impious and vulgar. Moliere's response to his detractors became The School for Wives Criticized . Even more alarming to critics was his version of Don Juan . In The Hypochondriac , he produced an outrageous expose of medicine. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

LC Classification NumberPQ1825.E5W583 2000