Florante by Francisco Balagtas

"Florante" by Francisco Balagtas is an epic poem written in 1838. Set in Albania, it follows the noble Florante, who returns from his studies in Athens only to face betrayal, imprisonment, and exile. Bound to a tree in the forest, he encounters Aladin, a banished Persian prince with his own tale of love and loss. Their intertwined stories explore themes of jealousy, loyalty, and redemption as both men fight to reunite with their beloved women and restore justice to their kingdoms. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Balagtas, Francisco, 1788-1862
Translator De los Santos, Epifanio, 1871-1928
Title Florante
Versión castellana del poema tagalo con un ensayo crítico
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florante_at_Laura
Credits Produced by Tamiko I. Camacho, Pilar Somoza and PG
Distributed Proofreaders, from page scans provided by
University of Michigan. Special thanks to the Music Team
for their work on the musical scores.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 58.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language Spanish
Language Tagalog
LoC Class PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject Tagalog poetry -- Translations into Spanish
Category Text
eBook-No. 15531
Release Date
Last Update Dec 14, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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