The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe by Molière, Richard Wilbur

The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe

Molière, Richard Wilbur

336 pages first pub 1666 (editions)

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Critics have heralded Richard Wilbur's translations of Molière's seventeenth-century dramas as masterpieces. In brilliant rhymed couplets Wilbur renders into English not only the form and spirit of Molière's language but also its substance.The Mis...

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