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The Miser and Other Plays
A New Selection
Translated by John Wood and David
Coward with an Introduction and Notes
by John Wood
This selection of Molière’s scandalous,
shrewd, and witty commentaries includes
The Miser, The School for Wives, The
School for Wives Criticized, Don Juan, and
The Hypochondriac.
336 pp. 978-0-14-044728-6 $12.00
lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1689 – 1762, english
Selected Letters
Edited with an Introduction by
Isobel Grundy
Ranging from gossip to politics, science
to literature, London to Sofia to
Constantinople, here are the vividly
personal letters of the original cosmopolitan
woman and staunch feminist.
576 pp. 978-0-14-043490-3 $20.00
MiChel de Montaigne
1533 – 1592, French
An Apology for Raymond Sebond
Translated and Edited with an
Introduction and Notes by M. A. Screech
A masterpiece of Counter-Reformation
and Renaissance argument, Montaigne’s
Apology is a witty defense of natural
theology and an eloquent expression of
Christian skepticism.
240 pp. 978-0-14-044493-3 $13.00
The Complete Essays
Translated and Edited with an
Introduction and Notes by M. A. Screech
Montaigne, a great sage of Western
thought, set out to discover himself in
his eclectic collection of essays. What he
discovered instead was the nature of the
human race, poised at the beginning of the
Renaissance. This celebrated translation, in
plain contemporary English, is true to his
frank style.
1,344 pp. 978-0-14-044604-3 $25.00
Essays
A Selection
Translated with an Introduction and Notes
by M. A. Screech
Reflections by the creator of the essay
form display the humane, skeptical,
humorous, and honest views of
Montaigne, revealing his thoughts on
sexuality, religion, cannibals, intellectuals,
and other unexpected themes.
480 pp. 978-0-14-044602-9 $16.00
“screech is the master of Montaigne.”
—r o y p o r t e r
See The Portable Renaissance Reader.
Charles de
Montesquieu
1689 – 1755, French
Persian Letters
Translated with an Introduction by
C. J. Betts
In the form of letters between two Persian
travelers in eighteenth-century Europe,
this novel was written to show that France
was moving from benevolent monarchy to
royal tyranny.
352 pp. 978-0-14-044281-6 $13.00
See The Portable Enlightenment Reader.
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