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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Le Cid (Hardcover)
Pierre Corneille
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R913
Discovery Miles 9 130
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Le Cid (Hardcover)
Pierre Corneille, Colbert Searles
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R913
Discovery Miles 9 130
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Horace (Hardcover)
Pierre Corneille
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R878
Discovery Miles 8 780
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Author names not noted above: Jean Racine, Molire, Gotthold Ephraim
Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller Originally published between 1909
and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous
51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from
literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by
American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard
University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's
Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic
liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of
works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XXVI
features the six 17th- and 18th-century plays that have most
influenced Western European literature and culture: Life Is a
Dream, by Spanish dramatist PEDRO CALDERN DE LA BARCA (1600-1681),
his 1635 allegory debating free will and fate Polyeucte, by French
playwright and father of French tragedy PIERRE CORNEILLE
(1606-1684), his 1642 drama based on the life of the martyr Saint
Polyeuctus Phdre, by French dramatist JEAN RACINE (1639-1699), his
1677 tragedy from Greek mythology Tartuffe, by the French comic
master Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), aka MOLIRE, his 1664
masterpiece about hypocrisy Minna von Barnhelm, by German
playwright GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING (1729-1781), a groundbreaking
comedy Wilhelm Tell, by German author FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER
(1759-1805), a tragedy of the Swiss fight for independence in the
14th century.
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