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Tartuffe and the Bourgeois Gentleman: A Dual-Language Book

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Book ID
110830929
Publisher
Dover Publications
Tongue
English
Weight
247 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780486120577

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✦ Synopsis

Often called the "Father of French Comedy," Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673) was a master at exposing the foibles and complexities of humanity in plays notable for their dramatic construction, varied and diverse humor, and subtlety of psychological observation. This convenient dual-language volume contains the original French texts and English translations of two of Moliere's most praised and popular comedies: Tartuffe and The Bourgeois Gentleman. These timeless theatrical works by one of France's greatest and most influential playwrights can be appreciated not only by students of French language and literature but by any aficionado of classic comedy.
Tartuffe , a 1664 verse comedy with serious overtones, concerns a scoundrel who impersonates a holy man in order to acquire his gullible host's property and wife. The prose farce The Bourgeois Gentleman , an instant success at its 1670 debut, lampoons the hypocrisy of...

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