Molière

A play by Moli re (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin). In English translation.

The Miser (French: L'Avare) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Moli re. It was first performed on September 9, 1668, in the theatre of the Palais-Royal in Paris. The miser of the title is called Harpagon, a name adapted from the Latin harpago, meaning a hook or grappling iron. He is obsessed with the wealth he has amassed and always ready to save expenses. Now a widower, he has a son, Cl ante, and a daughter, lise. Although he is over seventy, he is attempting to arrange a marriage between himself and an attractive young woman, Mariane. She and Cl ante are already devoted to each other, however, and the son attempts to procure a loan to help her and her sick mother, who are impoverished. lise, Harpagon's daughter, is the beloved of Val re, but her father hopes to marry her to a wealthy man of his choosing, Seigneur Anselme. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Moli re (1622-1673), was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Moli re's best-known works are The Misanthrope, The School for Wives, Tartuffe, The Miser, The Imaginary Invalid, and The Bourgeois Gentleman.

Le Misantrope, Com�����die en cinq actes �����crite en 1778 par Moli�����re, est une �����uvre de th����������tre qui met en sc�����ne le personnage d'Alceste, un homme qui d�����teste l'hypocrisie et la fausset����� de la soci�����t����� dans laquelle il vit. Alceste est amoureux de C�����lim�����ne, une jeune femme coquette et mondaine qui aime plaire ������ tout le monde. Mais Alceste d�����sapprouve son comportement et les relations qu'elle entretient avec les autres hommes. La pi�����ce est une critique sociale de la cour du roi Louis XIV, o����� les apparences et les faux-semblants �����taient tr�����s importants. Le Misantrope est consid�����r����� comme l'une des meilleures com�����dies de Moli�����re et est souvent �����tudi����� dans les �����coles de th����������tre et de litt�����rature. This Is A New Release Of The Original 1778 Edition. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.