Tartuffe, by Molière - (Paperback)

Name: Tartuffe, by Molière - (Paperback)
Brand: Ecco Press
SKU: 77596049
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Highlights

"A continuous delight from beginning to end" (Richard Eberhart).
176 Pages
Drama, European

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About the Book

The renowned French playwright Molière's most masterful and most frequently performed play, skillfully translated into English by the Pulitzer Prize-winning translator Richard Wilbur.

Book Synopsis

"A continuous delight from beginning to end" (Richard Eberhart). Introduction by Richard Wilbur.

One of Molière's most popular and frequently performed plays, Tartuffe has been skilfully translated into English in brilliant rhymed couplets by Richard Wilburg, who won a share of the Bollingen Translation Prize for his much-acclaimed translation of this satiric turn on religious hypocrisy.

The central character of the play is a rich bourgeois named Orgon, who in middle age has become a bigot and a prude. The title character, a wily opportunist and swindler, affects sanctity and gains complete ascendancy over Orgon, who not only attempts to turn over his fortune but offers his daughter in marriage to his "spiritual guide. It is only when Orgon witnesses Tartuffe's attemps to seduce his wife that he comes to his senses.

Review Quotes

"Mr. Wilbur has given us, with great fidelity and charm, the nearest thing to Molière that we have." - Jackson Matthews, New York Review of Books
"Richard Wilbur's translation of Tartuffe is a continues delight from beginning to end." - Richard Eberhart

Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)

Weight: .34 Pounds

Suggested Age: 14 Years

Number of Pages: 176

Genre: Drama

Sub-Genre: European

Publisher: Ecco Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Molière

Language: English

Street Date: January 10, 1968

TCIN: 77596049

UPC: 9780156881807

Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-5038

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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