{"product_id":"tartuffe-by-molire-isbn-9780156881807","title":"Tartuffe, By Molière","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A continuous delight from beginning to end” (Richard Eberhart). Introduction by Richard Wilbur.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Molière’s most popular and frequently performed plays, \u003ci\u003eTartuffe \u003c\/i\u003ehas been skilfully translated into English in brilliant rhymed couplets by Richard Wilburg, who won a share of the Bollingen Translation Prize for his much-acclaimed translation of this satiric turn on religious hypocrisy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe central character of the play is a rich bourgeois named Orgon, who in middle age has become a bigot and a prude. The title character, a wily opportunist and swindler, affects sanctity and gains complete ascendancy over Orgon, who not only attempts to turn over his fortune but offers his daughter in marriage to his \"spiritual guide. It is only when Orgon witnesses Tartuffe's attemps to seduce his wife that he comes to his senses.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Wilbur has given us, with great fidelity and charm, the nearest thing to Molière that we have.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJackson Matthews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Wilbur's translation of \u003ci\u003eTartuffe \u003c\/i\u003eis a continues delight from beginning to end.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Eberhart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889901367525,"sku":"NP9780156881807","price":16.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780156881807.jpg?v=1730232142","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/tartuffe-by-molire-isbn-9780156881807","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}