Name: The Life of Monsieur de Moliere
Price: 8.09 GBP
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Author: Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov
ISBN: 9781847494733

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Alma Classics

Author

Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov

Synopsis "The Life of Monsieur de Moliere"

Completed in 1933, but not published until 1962, over twenty years after its author's death, "The Life of Monsieur de Moliere" charts the life of the French playwright, from humble beginnings to later theatrical triumphs and political controversies. The work was met with disapproval by the Soviet authorities, who detected parallels between the lives of Moliere and Bulgakov, and viewed the work as a veiled critique of their own times. With a dazzling blend of biography and novelistic imagination, Bulgakov's eccentric and satirical take on the life of a fellow writer energetically captures the genius of Moliere, while revealing another aspect of his own self.