Cinna Or The Clemency Of Augustus Literally Translated By Roscoe Mongan

Author : Pierre Corneille
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333910181
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Cinna (Classic Reprint) written by Pierre Corneille and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cinna In 16 32 appeared Clz'z'amlre, a tragedy, in which the inci dents are as numerous as they are few in The year 1633 saw the comedy of La Valve, and 1634 La Galerz'c (la Palm's and La Sm'vanla la Place Royals and Me/z'ee were the next productions of Corneille. The following year will for ever be famous in the literary annals of French literature as having been the year in which the first masterpiece of Corneille appeared - Le Cz'zz'. This tragedy, founded on De Castro's Spanish play of Lao Mocedad'es a'el Cz'zz', was an immense success, and, notwithstanding the mean jealousy of Richelieu and the servile though lenient judgment of the Ama'wzzz'e, the C2?! Was admitted by all unprejudiced persons to be a c/zejfd'azzwre, and [1am comma le Cz'a' became a popular saying. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."