The Miser and Other Plays
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0140447288
ISBN-13
9780140447286
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 27th, 2000
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
248 grams
Dimensions
19.60 x 12.90 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Plays, playscripts
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Combining the traditional elements of comedy, this title presents plays such as "The Miser", "The Hypochondriac", "The School for Wives", "The School for Wives Criticized" and "Don Juan".
Molière 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 Molière 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.
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