The Miser by Molière (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Miser by Molière, which tells the story of Harpagon, a wealthy bourgeois whose main priority in life is money, and how he gets in the way of his children’s search for love. The work is one of the Molière’s most famous plays and presents a comedic criticism of one the vices of mankind. The author's plays have had great influence over French culture, and the word harpagon has even entered the dictionary as somebody who is obsessively greedy and cheap, just like Molière's protagonist. This classic work has been adapted for screen and stage countless times, and has even been made into a Bollywood musical.
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French playwright, actor and stage manager
Born in Paris in 1622
Died there in 1673
Notable works:
Dom Juan (1665), comedy
The Miser (1668), comedy
The Bourgeois Gentleman (1670), comédie-ballet
An author, director, stage manager and actor, Molière (whose real name was Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) was born in Paris in 1622 into the affluent bourgeoisie. Very early on he decided to pursue a career in the theater and founded, along with actress Madeleine Béjart, the Illustre Théâtre company. After twelve years of travelling theater in the provinces, he returned to Paris where he was noticed by Louis XIV who took him into his service.
He wrote mainly comedies in which, under the cover of humor, he highlighted the defects of his contemporaries (preciosity, pedantry, avarice, etc.) and criticized 17th century society (authoritarian fathers, religious hypocrisy, quack doctors, etc.). His many plays are still influential today, making Molière one of the most