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The misanthrope
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Title
The misanthrope / Molière ; translated by Stephen Mulrine.
ISBN
9781784602024.00000009
Publication
London : Bloomsbury, [2015]
Copyright Notice Date
©2015
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Notes
This translation previously issued in print: London: Nick Hern Books, 2005.
Translated from the French.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 19, 2015).
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Summary
Alceste, the misanthrope, hates all mankind and despairs of its falseness. He believes that the world could be perfected if only people were more honest with one another. But his candidness soon starts to make him enemies and he becomes the target of malicious rumours. He alienates his love, Célimène, by reproaching her coquettish behaviour and is summoned before the court of marshals to defend his negative opinion on some poetry composed by a powerful noble. Alceste begins to realise that the only way to be left alone is to disengage from society itself - but he struggles to persuade Célimène to go with him and is ultimately left alone.
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Nick Hern books modern plays.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 04, 2022
Genre/Form
Drama.
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