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Tartuffe; Or, The Hypocrite

Tartuffe; Or, The Hypocrite

by Molière, 1622-1673

BookID: 2027

Language:English

Translator:Page, Curtis Hidden, 1870-1946

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Comedy playsFrench drama -- 17th century -- Translations into English

Description

"Tartuffe; Or, The Hypocrite" by Molière is a theatrical comedy first performed in 1664. When Orgon and his mother fall under the spell of Tartuffe, a pious fraud, their household erupts in chaos. Tartuffe manipulates the family with feigned devotion while plotting to marry Orgon's daughter and seize his wealth. As the hypocrite's true nature threatens to destroy them all, Orgon's wife Elmire devises a daring plan to expose the impostor before it's too late. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

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