Tartuffe by Molière
The Impostor
This classic French play revolves around the character Tartuffe, a hypocritical and cunning man who pretends to be deeply pious and religious. He manages to deceive Orgon, a wealthy family patriarch, into believing in his piety. Orgon is so taken in by Tartuffe that he decides to marry him off to his daughter, despite her love for another man. The family works together to expose Tartuffe's true nature, leading to a series of comic and dramatic events. The play is a satirical critique of religious hypocrisy and gullibility.
The 984th greatest book of all time
Purchase from
Bookshop.org or
Amazon
- Published
- 1664
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 80-100
- Original Language
- French
- Avg User Rating
-
(3.3)
- Alternate Titles
-
- Le Tartuffe
- The Hypocrite
- The Impostor
- Świętoszek
If you're interested in seeing the ranking details on this book go here
This book is on the following 15 lists:
- 4th on 100 Books of Classical and Modern Foreign Literature (The Union of Russian Writers)
- 16th on The Drama 100 - A Ranking of the Greatest Plays of All Time (Book)
- 18th on The 50 Best Plays of All Time (TimeOut)
- 22nd on From Oedipus to The History Boys: Michael Billington's 101 greatest plays (The Guardian)
- 51st on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
- 201st on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 1978th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 101 of the World's Greatest Books (1950) (101 of the World's Greatest Books (Book))
- All-Time Classics, According to Academics (The Commercial Appeal )
- Fifty French Writers Choose Their Favorite 10 Books - Honourable Mention (On en garde 10 ! Pour la littérature)
- Great Books of the Western World (Great Books Foundation)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- Inteliquest's World's 100 Greatest Books of All-Time (InteliQuest)
- Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
- The Well-Educated Mind (Book)