Lavare also known as the miser is a play by french playwright moliere. This play was acted for the first time on september 9, 1668. Books by moliere sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Nature never made anything lovelier and i was swept off my feet the moment i set eyes on her 1. Project gutenberg offers 61,889 free ebooks to download. This classic is a subtle satire of the middle classes in the xviith century. It was first performed on september 9, 1668, in the theatre of the palaisroyal in paris. 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 project gutenberg ebook of the miser lavare, by moliere.
Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages including those with maps or plates but may lack endpapers, halftitle, etc. The miser lavare paperback january 1, 1964 by moliere author visit amazons moliere page. Comedy of characters and humor in its purest tradition. Moving away from traditional models of comedy where characters have an unambiguous function it focuses on the figure of the misanthrope whose role is challengingly double his. Molieres the miser, february 1828, 2018 san francisco southside theatre. An avaricious and tyrannical father, dissimulation, material and moral misery at home the ambience of harpagons home is not joyful. All rights are controlled by eldridge publishing co. First performed in 1668, the satirical comedy is still performed and read to this day. His mother was the daughter of a prosperous bourgeois family. Widely regarded as molieres masterpiece, le misanthrope has nevertheless unsettled audiences and critics for the time of its publication in 166. Upon seeing him for the first time, a maid exclaimed, le nez.
This interpretation is personal and others who might have read the book might have something else to say. I think moliere wrote it to criticize greed as a whole. Lavare ebook by moliere 1230000229376 rakuten kobo. At its core, this play is about the sin of being a selfish miser. Harpagon himself has set his eye on young, impoverished mariane, whom his. Moliere was born in paris shortly before his christening as jean poquelin on 15 january 1622. The miser lavare paperback january 1, 1964 by moliere author. This catalog page is provided by the online books page, and the literature by project gutenberg. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
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