Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
"Life Is a Dream" by Pedro Calderón de la Barca is a Spanish-language play first published in 1636. Prince Segismundo has been imprisoned in a tower since infancy by his father, King Basilio, who fears a prophecy that his son will bring disaster to Poland and kill him. When the king briefly frees Segismundo to test the oracle's prediction, the prince's behavior forces a devastating choice. This philosophical allegory explores free will
versus fate, dreams versus reality, and the mysterious nature of human existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681 |
|---|---|
| Translator | FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883 |
| Title | Life Is a Dream |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_a_Dream |
| Note | See also PG#6363 tr. by Denis Florence MacCarthy |
| Credits | Produced by Dagny; Emma Dudding; John Bickers; David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 2587 |
| Release Date | Mar 31, 2006 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 1, 2013 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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