{"product_id":"9781854597489-the-miser","title":"The Miser","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eMolière's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMolière's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarpagon is obsessed with the wealth he has amassed and always ready to save expenses. Now a widower, he has a son, Cléante, and a daughter, Élise. Although he is over sixty, he is attempting to marry his son's own sweetheart, Mariane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut it seems that Harpagon's pinchpenny paranoia is finally catching up with him – his gold is missing, and this time it might really have disappeared for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Miser\u003c\/em\u003e was first performed in 1668, at the theatre of the Palais-Royal, Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis English version, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series, is translated and introduced by Martin Sorrell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41606894420065,"sku":"9781854597489","price":4.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28145566.jpg?v=1722351347","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781854597489-the-miser","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}