The Misanthrope and other Plays
MOLIERE, [[pseud. Jean-Baptiste, POQUELIN], ]
Translated with an Introduction by John Wood. [Penguin Classics].
FIRST APPEANCE IN PENGUIN CLASSICS
Published: Penguin [Harmondsworth, 1989]
Stock code: 25554
Price: £20.00
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial green wrappers, backstrip very slightly browned else a near fine copy.
First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Wood's translation. Includes The Misanthrope, The Sicilian or Love the Painter, Tartuffe or The Imposter, A Doctor in Spite of Himself, The Imaginary Invalid. The choice of cover roundel disappointed the translator: ';If my opinion of the roundel were sought I should say that by Penguin standards it is no more than very ordinary'. Penguin Classics L89.