| The Miser and Other Plays: A New Selection Revised Edition Contributor(s): Molière (Author), Wood, John (Translator), Coward, David (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0140447288 ISBN-13: 9780140447286 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2000 Annotation: This volume of Moliere's dramatic commentaries on society presents The Miser, a misguided hero who obsessively disrupts the lives of those around him. The School for Wives is newly translated for this edition and was fiercely denounced as impious and vulgar. Moliere's response to his detractors became The School for Wives Criticized. Even more alarming to critics was his version of Don Juan. In The Hypochondriac, he produced an outrageous expose of medicine. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - French - Literary Collections | European - French - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Dewey: 842.4 |
| LCCN: 2001278482 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.12" W x 7.77" (0.55 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume of Moliere's dramatic commentaries on society presents The Miser, a misguided hero who obsessively disrupts the lives of those around him. The School for Wives is newly translated for this edition and was fiercely denounced as impious and vulgar. Moliere's response to his detractors became The School for Wives Criticized. Even more alarming to critics was his version of Don Juan. In The Hypochondriac, he produced an outrageous expose of medicine. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |