by Molière · French & European Pubns · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782038713138
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«Le Misanthrope» is Molière's verse comedy, published by French & European Pubns in paperback (224 pages, in French).
A comedy in five acts in verse that satirizes the hypocrisy of seventeenth-century French society. Alceste, unable to tolerate falsehood, criticizes others' faults but is blind to his own; his courtship of the coquettish Célimène and his clash with social conventions give rise to a comedy of character with a more serious tone than the usual farces.
Originally published in 1666, this edition is part of the Classiques Larousse collection and includes the complete text in French.
Suitable for students of French and for readers wishing to approach classical French theatre in the original version.
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".
