Tartuffe (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Moliere
- First Published: 1669
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: Paris
- Principal Characters: Orgon, Madame Pernelle, Elmire, Damis, Mariane, Valère, Dorine, Cléante, Tartuffe
- 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
The Story:
Orgon’s home was a happy one. He himself was married to Elmire, a woman much younger than he, who adored him. His two children by a former marriage were fond of their stepmother, and she of them. Mariane, the daughter, was engaged to be married to Valère, a very eligible young man, and Damis, the son, was in love with Valère’s sister.
Then Tartuffe came to live in the household. Tartuffe was a penniless scoundrel whom the trusting Orgon had found praying in church. Taken in by his words and his pretended religious fervor, Orgon had invited the hypocrite...
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