Originally published in 1918, this book contains the French text of Alain-René Lesage's satire Turcaret, written in the early eighteenth century. Thompson prefaces the comedy with a biography of Lesage and an analysis of his place in the canon of French playwrights alongside Molière. This book will be of value to anyone interested in eighteenth-century French drama or in the works of Lesage.
| ISBN: | 9781107620070 |
| Publication date: | 24th July 2014 |
| Author: | AlainRene Lesage |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 210 pages |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |