The Miser (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
- First Published: 1669
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: Paris, France
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Marriage, Genius, Paris, Fear, Seventeenth century, Money
- Locales: Paris, France
Characters Discussed
Harpagon (ahr-pah-GOH[N]), the father of Cléante and Élise, a wealthy, vicious, money-mad old widower. He loves money more than reputation, honor, or virtue, according to his son’s valet, and spends his time watching and guarding it. Fearful of being robbed and killed for his wealth, he buries his money in his garden. Even his children are suspected of planning to rob him. Because he treats them with austerity, they complain of their lack of decent clothes. For his daughter, he plans a marriage to a wealthy man, for himself a marriage without dowry but...
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