Tartuffe; Or, The Hypocrite

A verse comedy by French playwright Molière, first staged in 1664 and translated here by Curtis Hidden Page. It satirizes religious hypocrisy through Tartuffe, a pious fraud who takes over the household of the gullible Orgon.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic plays›French plays›Farce and the classical age, to 1715

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Adults›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic plays›French plays