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.
- ISBN13 9781107620070
- Publish Date 24 July 2014 (first published 1 January 1974)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 210
- Language English