Tartuffe, by Molière

Molière, Richard Wilbur

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Tartuffe, by Molière

Tartuffe, by Molière

Molière, Richard Wilbur

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Description
The renowned French playwright Molière's most masterful and most frequently performed play, skillfully translated into English by the Pulitzer Prize-winning translator Richard Wilbur.


The rich bourgeois Orgon has become a bigot and prude. The title character, a wily opportunist and swindler, affects sancity and gains complete ascendancy over Ogron, who not only attemps to turn over his fortune but offers his daughter in marriage to his "spiritual" guide.

Translated and with an Introduction by Richard Wilbur.

Critical Reviews

"Mr. Wilbur has given us, with great fidelity and charm, the nearest thing to Molière that we have." - Jackson Matthews, New York Review of Books
"Richard Wilbur's translation of Tartuffe is a continues delight from beginning to end." - Richard Eberhart

Publishing Information

Publisher: Ecco Press
Pub date: 1968-01-10
Length: 176 pages

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