The Miser

Name: The Miser
Author: Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

by Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

Wealthy miser's greed destroys his family and ruins his daughter's love

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Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

The greatest comic writer in the French language, Molière satirized hypocrisy, pretension, and social conformism with an inexhaustible inventiveness. His comedies established a lasting model for European satirical drama.

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