The Misanthrope and Other Plays
Subtitle: A New Selection (Penguin Classics)
Contributors: David Coward (Introduction, Translator); John Wood (Translator)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: September 5, 2000
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780140447309
First sentence: Such Foolish Affected Ladies, the first play Moliere wrote after his return to Paris, was staged as an end-piece to an undistinguished royal command performance of Corneille's tragedy, Cinna.