Dec 20, 2009

Tartuffe | Tartuffe

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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Tartuffe | Tartuffe

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