bookshelves: published-1664, france, earlymodern16c-18c, play-dramatisation, poetry
Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Susanna
Read on February 22, 2010
** spoiler alert ** Background blurb - Moiliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673) delighted in lampooning the social pretensions and conceits of 17th Century French society. In this 1664 verse comedy with serious overtones, Tartuffe, a penniless scoundrel and religious poseur, is invited by a gullible benefactor to live in his home.
Fun for a Monday!