This is a new translation, in verse, of Molière's neoclassical masterpiece "Tartuffe". In addition to the translation, the book contains a long essay on this comedy, extensive textual notes to the translation, the original French version of "Tartuffe", a chronology of Molière's life, work, and times, Molière's preface to "Tartuffe" and petitions to King Louis XIV on behalf of the play, a selection of critical reviews of "Tartuffe" in production, a critical bibliography, and a list of film versions of "Tartuffe".