Moliere was born in paris shortly before his christening as jean poquelin on 15 january 1622. An avaricious and tyrannical father, dissimulation, material and moral misery at home the ambience of harpagons home is not joyful. Books by moliere sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Widely regarded as molieres masterpiece, le misanthrope has nevertheless unsettled audiences and critics for the time of its publication in 166. In it, moliere has borrowed from plautus, and has imitated several other authors, but he far surpasses them in the treatment of his subject. The miser lavare paperback january 1, 1964 by moliere author visit amazons moliere page.
Harpagon himself has set his eye on young, impoverished mariane, whom his. At its core, this play is about the sin of being a selfish miser. Lavare also known as the miser is a play by french playwright moliere. This interpretation is personal and others who might have read the book might have something else to say. His mother was the daughter of a prosperous bourgeois family. Nature never made anything lovelier and i was swept off my feet the moment i set eyes on her 1. Comedy of characters and humor in its purest tradition. Project gutenberg offers 61,889 free ebooks to download. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. All rights are controlled by eldridge publishing co. This play was acted for the first time on september 9, 1668.
Known as jeanbaptiste, he was the first son of jean poquelin and marie cresse, who had married on 27 april 1621. The miser lavare paperback january 1, 1964 by moliere author. Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages including those with maps or plates but may lack endpapers, halftitle, etc. Lavare ebook by moliere 1230000229376 rakuten kobo. The project gutenberg ebook of the miser lavare, by moliere.
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