Ebook
The Miser
Ebook · Urban Romantics
The Miser
- Author
- Molière
- Series
- World Classics
- Language
- English
- Length
- 100 pages
- ISBN
- 9781911495499
- Published
- 18 July 2016
- Imprint
- Urban Romantics
- Molière
- humour
- comedy
- satire
- enlightenment
- drama
- wit
- poetry
- epic
- romantic
Description
The miser of the title is called Harpagon, a name adapted from the Latin harpago, meaning a hook or grappling iron. He is obsessed with the wealth he has amassed and always ready to save expenses. Now a widower, he has a son, Cléante, and a daughter, Élise. Although he is over sixty, he is attempting to arrange a marriage between himself and an attractive young woman, Mariane.