Publisher's Synopsis
Moliere was a prominent French playwright who is widely considered to be one of the greatest comedians in all of literature. Moliere's impact was so great that many phrases from his plays are still used often in the French language today. Moliere's best known plays include Tartuffe, The Miser, The Misanthrope, The Imaginary Invalid, and The School for Wives. The Miser is a play that centers around a man named Harpagon who is obsessed with maintaining his wealth, and his two children whose lives he desperately tries to control.
