{"product_id":"tartuffe-by-moliere","title":"Tartuffe, by Molière (1ST ed.)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A continuous delight from beginning to end\" (Richard Eberhart). Introduction by Richard Wilbur.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Moliere's most frequently performed plays, \"Tartuffe\" has been skillfully rendered into English in brilliant rhymed couplets by Richard Wilbur, who won a share of the Bollingen Translation Prize for his much-acclaimed translation of this satiric turn on religious hypocrisy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolière (1622-1673), \u003c\/b\u003eborn Jean-Baptise Poquelin, was a widely renowned French poet, playwright, and actor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRICHARD WILBUR\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of America's most beloved poets, has served as poet laureate of the United States. He has received the National Book Award, two Pulitzer Prizes, the National Arts Club medal of honor for literature, and a number of translation prizes, including two Bollingen Prizes and two awards from PEN.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46503904608442,"sku":"9780156881807","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_d4f1f313-0285-4290-bff0-c2ec087a56a4.jpg?v=1787933202","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/tartuffe-by-moliere","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}