The Miser and Other Plays

Moliere combined all the traditional elements of comedy - wit, slapstick, spectacle and satire - to create richly sophisticated and enduringly popular dramas. "The Miser" is the story of Harpagon, a mean-spirited old man who becomes obsessed with making money out of the marriage of his children, while "The Hypochondriac", another study in obsession, is a brilliant satire on the medical profession. "The School for Wives", in which an ageing domestic tyrant is foiled in his plans to marry his young ward, provoked such an outcry that Moliere followed it with "The School for Wives Criticized" - a witty retort to those who disapproved of the play's supposed immorality. And while "Don Juan" is the darkest and most tragic of all the plays in this collection, it still mocks the soullessness of the skinflint with scathing irony.

ISBN 0140447288   Part volume "School for Wives";The "School for Wives Criticized";"Don Juan";the ISBN13 9780140447286 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd   Weight (grammes) 252 Imprint Penguin Classics   Published in London Format Paperback   Series editor Ingham, Patricia Publication date 27 Jan 2000   Series title Penguin Classics S. Translator David Coward   Previous ISBN 9780140440362 Writer of introduction David Coward   Height (mm) 198 Library of Congress PQ1825.E5   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY 842.4   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level General Pages 336

		Introduction
		Chronology
		Bibliography
		Note on Money
		Translator's Note
		The School for Wives		1
		The School for Wives Criticized		59
		Don Juan		89
		The Miser		147
		The Hypochondriac		217
		Explanatory Notes		300

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