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    The Miser
    The Miser
    The Miser
    Audiobook2 hours

    The Miser

    Written by Molière

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    The Miser is a comedy of manners about a rich moneylender named Harpagon. His feisty children long to escape from his penny-pinching household and marry their respective lovers. Although the 17th-century French upper classes presumably objected to the play's message, it is less savage and somewhat less realistic than Molière's earlier play, Tartuffe, which attracted a storm of criticism on its first performance. (Summary by wikipedia)

    Cast:
    Harpagon: ToddHW
    Cleante: Elizabeth Klett
    Valere: Cebes
    Anselme: Elliot Gage
    Master Simon: bala
    Master Jacques: Algy Pug
    La Fleche: Alan Mapstone
    Brindavoine: ElleyKat
    La Merluche: Etel Buss
    Elise: Arielle Lipshaw
    Marianne: Elizabeth Ramsey
    Frosine: Libby Gohn
    Officer: Simon Pride
    Narrator: Charlotte Duckett

    Audio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Author

    Molière

    Molière was a French playwright, actor, and poet. Widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature, his extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more.

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