In Beerbohm’s story “The Happy Hypocrite,” we learn that to fake virtue can have unintended consequences.
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Moliere and Religious Hypocrites
Moliere’s “Tartuffe” is a great satire of religious hypocrisy. It also shook up the 17th century French church in other ways and was banned.
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Jane Austen and “Occupy Wall Street”
In “Mansfield Park” Jane Austen calls out the irresponsible wealthy in ways that the Occupy Wall Street protests would approve.
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