Dom Juan: Ou Le Festin De Pierre (Petits Classiques Larousse) (French Edition)
By Moliere.
Description
Moliére was always careful not to attack the institution of monarchy and the authority of the Church. He earned a position as one of the king's favorites and enjoyed his protection from the attacks of the court. The King allegedly suggested that Molière suspend the performances of Tartuffe, and the author rapidly wrote Don Juan, ou le Festin de Pierre to replace it. It was a strange work, derived from a work by Tirso de Molina and rendered in a prose that still seems modern today. It describes the story of an atheist who becomes a religious hypocrite and for this is punis...
ISBN(s)
203585914X, 9782035859143