Imaginary Invalid

Name: Imaginary Invalid
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ISBN: 9780822221173

ISBN-10: 0822221179

ISBN-13: 9780822221173

Edition: 2006

Authors: Moliï¿½re, James Magruder

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THE STORY: In Moliegrave;re's outrageous satire of medicine and its practitioners, the wealthy Argan, to put it mildly, enjoys poor health. Laxatives, suppositories, bloodlettings, and second and third opinions from the leading quacks are the order of his day-and hell on his wily, back-talking servant Toinette. His daughter Angeacute;lique is in love with the impoverished Cleacute;ante, but Argan wants to marry her to Thomas Diafoirus, a medical dunce who can assure his father-in-law a lifetime of health care. Cleacute;ante disguises himself as a music teacher to gain access to his love, but Beacute;line, Argan's mercenary second wife, threatens to expose them. A disguised Toinette, sage…

Book details

List price: $9.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 66
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.132
Language: English

James Magruder is a playwright and award-winning translator who lives in Baltimore. He wrote the book for the Broadway musicalTriumph of Loveand has published stories inBloom,Subtropics, andThe Gettysburg Review. He teaches at Swarthmore College and the Yale School of Drama. This is his first novel.