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Title	:	Le Cid
Author	:	Pierre Corneille
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Petits Classiques Larousse
Pages	:	Pages: 188 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2007 by Larousse Kingfisher Chambers (first published 1636)
Categories	:	Classics. Plays. Cultural. France. Theatre. European Literature. French Literature. Drama. Academic. School

Le Cid Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 188 pages

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Dans une Espagne médiévale, héroïque, éclatante, deux jeunes gens se déchirent et s'adorent. Pour laver un affront, Rodrigue tue le père de Chimène. L'honneur et le devoir exigent la vengeance et la haine, mais elle aime éperdument cet assassin. Une comédie, une tragédie ? Cette pièce, tout le monde le pressent, est le plus beau, le plus vivant, le plus jeune des drames romanesques. C'est un poème amoureux où les sentiments l'emportent sur les convenances et la loi, un chant de désespoir et de révolte. À la création du Cid, le succès fut tel qu'il fallut ajouter des chaises sur la scène. Depuis plus de trois siècles, il fait salle comble. Le théâtre de Corneille est fait de tendresse, d'inattendu, de folie. On commence tout juste à le comprendre aujourd'hui.

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Original Title:	Le Cid
ISBN:	2035831989 (ISBN13: 9782035831989)
Edition Language:	French
Characters:	Rodrigue, Chimène, L'infante, Diegue

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Some parts were so entertaining I was literally on the edge and some parts were really dull, I just scanned through them.

This play is impressive for its writing, but even more impressive when you realize it is based on fact, and that Sarah Bernhardt once played the emotionally-tortured Chimene.

The Cid by Pierre CorneilleBravery, valor, lovealas, not enough to make this reader enjoy it. But probably you willThe Cid plays to packed audiences.It is acclaimed and appreciated by critics, professionals that know what they are talking about.As opposed to this amateur reader, who did not enjoy this mornings adaptation of the famous play.It doesnt mean much, and if you read this, you would be way better off by going to some authorized book, site or blog dealing with the subject, where you can

amazing, interesting depiction of a changing conception of nobility

After one each of the plays of Moliere and Racine, I thought it only proper for Adam and I to take a look at Corneille's most famous play. It is...not a tragedy, but neither is it funny, except unintentionally, as the long-winded characters rationalize and sentimentalize their way towards making "honor" work to justify their own actions, be they slapping, slaying, or marrying. With no access to the Penguin edition, Adam and I wrestled at first with the freely downloadable translation of Roscoe

The book is really worth reading but will all additional comments and background information.

Pierre Corneille, one of three dramatists epitomizing the 17th century French classical tradition (the others being Moliere and Racine), may be best known for his play, Le Cid, based on the legend of El Cid and a previous play on this topic by another dramatist. It was first performed in 1637 in Paris.Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was an 11th century Spanish aristocrat and military leader whose career was long and complex, and he became Spains national hero. Corneilles play captures a portion of his