by Molière · Hachette · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010172236
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«L'Avare» is Molière's five-act comedy, published by Hachette in paperback (159 pages, in French).
The play centers on Harpagon, an old miser who puts his gold above everything. When he decides to control his children's marriages and court the young Mariane, the young people's plans clash with his. Between hidden coffers, usurious loans and misunderstandings, Molière turns greed into a comic mechanism and a moral critique.
Study edition from the Classiques Hachette collection, with the complete text in French; includes explanatory notes, questionnaires, summaries, documents and a thematic overview prepared by Chantal Grenot and Dominique Thamin.
Intended for secondary school students studying classical French theatre and for readers seeking an annotated edition in the original language.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language is often referred to as the "language of Molière".
