The Miser

The Miser
Author: Molière
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2022-09-04
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Miser" by Molière. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Miser

The Miser
Author:
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2004
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822219996

THE STORY: The widower Harpagon, so cheap he'd swipe the pennies off a dead man's eyes, rules his roost with a tight, iron fist. His unhappy, rebellious children, Cléante and Elise, are afraid to tell him of their romantic attachments: Cléante has

The Miser

The Miser
Author: Moliere
Publisher: Book Jungle
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2009-02
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781438509969

Jean Baptiste Poquelin who is better known by his stage name Moliere. He was a 17th century French author known for his comedy. After abandoning a law career Moliere began acting, directing and writing plays in Paris and the surrounding area. The scathing satire in his plays made him several important enemies. Shakespeare gave his characters complexity while Moliere used simplicity to produce his memorable characters. The Miser is a romantic comedy about an old man who interferes with the marriage of his children.

The Miser

The Miser
Author: Molière
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1964
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Presents a translation of Moliere's classic tale of greed.

The Miser

The Miser
Author: Stratford Festival Collection
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1998
Genre:
ISBN:

The Acharnians

The Acharnians
Author: Aristophanes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1625580681

Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta.

Alderdene

Alderdene
Author: Norris Paul
Publisher:
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1890
Genre:
ISBN:

The Miser

The Miser
Author: Henry Fielding
Publisher:
Total Pages: 102
Release: 1792
Genre:
ISBN:

The Miser

The Miser
Author: Moliere
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2015-04-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781502981004

"[...]by the most notorious usurers? Har. Get out of my sight, you reprobate; get out of my sight! Cle. Who is the more criminal in your opinion: he who buys the money of which he stands in need, or he who obtains, by unfair means, money for which he has no use? Har. Begone, I say, and do not provoke me to anger. (Alone) After all, I am not very much vexed at this adventure; it will be a lesson to me to keep a better watch over all his doings. SCENE IV.--FROSINE, HARPAGON. Fro. Sir. Har. Wait a moment, I will come back and speak to you. (Aside) I had better go and see a little after my money. SCENE V.--LA FLÈCHE, FROSINE. La Fl. (without seeing Frosine). The adventure is most comical. Hidden somewhere he must have a large store of goods of all kinds, for the list did not contain one single article which either of us recognised. Fro. Hallo! is it you, my poor La Flèche? How is it we meet here?[...]".