Tartuffe (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Moliere
- First Published: 1669
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: Family or family life, France or French people, Religion, Paris, Seventeenth century, Impostors or imposture
- Locales: Paris, France
Places Discussed
Orgon’s house. Parisian home of Orgon, a wealthy former officer of the King’s Guard, that is the play’s principal setting. The class and wealth of Orgon’s home exist with the craziness and irrationality found inside. The extravagant house where Orgon, the master, and his new younger bride, Elmire, abide is a place where carriages frequently appear at the door, and footmen and lackeys are kept busy. Orgon’s children and loyal maid, Dorine, must share their dwelling with duped Orgon’s new houseguest, the religious hypocrite Tartuffe. The house becomes...
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