Bourgeois Gentleman. Comedies
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Bourgeois Gentleman. Comedies
14.99 €
Four centuries have passed since the birth of Jean Baptiste Pauquelin (1622-1673), known to the world as Molière, but even today his plays do not come off the theatrical stage and are published in huge editions. Long ranked among the masterpieces of European literature, Moliere's works and after centuries charming sparkling humor, psychological depth of characters and masterful accuracy of observation, reflected in the images of his famous characters-types - cheater Tartuffe, bourgeois in the nobility Jourdain, miserly Harpagon .... In total, Moliere wrote more than thirty plays, they were highly appreciated during his lifetime, winning him the patronage of the "Sun King" Louis XIV, and had a tremendous influence on all subsequent European dramaturgy. This edition includes the most famous plays by Moliere: "Tartuffe, or the Deceiver", "Don Juan, or Stone Feast", "The Misanthrope", "The Physician at Will", "The Miser", "The Bourgeois", "The Nobleman in the Nobility", "The Pranks of Scapin", "The Imaginary Sick", published accompanied by illustrations by the famous book graphic artist Grigory Georgievich Filippovsky (1909-1987). "So great that, rereading it, every time only marvel. He is unique in his kind, his plays border on the tragic and completely capture you, no one dares to imitate him ... I every year read several plays by Moliere ... We, small people, can not long keep in themselves the greatness of such creations and therefore must sometimes return to them to refresh the impression" (Johann W. Goethe).
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