The Misanthropeby Moliere | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Drama" |
| Pages: | 52 |
| Year of Publication: | 1666 |
| Date Read: | 10/06/1994 |
| Notes: | A portrait of Alceste, a painfully forthright 17th-century gentleman utterly intolerant of polite society’s flatteries and hypocrisies. He is hopelessly in love with the coquettish Celimene, who proves cruel to her many suitors, all of whom leave her except Alceste. COMMENTS — Moliere was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673). His plays achieved great success, especially his masterpiece, The Misanthrope, and elicited enormous controversy with their religious irreverence. |
| My Rating: | 4 |