Peines d'amour perdues by William Shakespeare
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"Peines d'amour perdues" by William Shakespeare is a comedy written around 1595-1596. The King of Navarre and three companions vow to devote themselves to philosophy and renounce all frivolous pursuits. Their pact faces immediate challenge when the Princess of France arrives with three ladies-in-waiting, and the men fall hopelessly in love. Filled with wordplay, puns, and literary references, this witty play explores the conflict between noble intentions and human desire, building toward
unexpected complications and a surprisingly solemn conclusion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Guizot, François, 1787-1874 |
| Uniform Title | Love's labour's lost. French |
| Title |
Peines d'amour perdues Comédie |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peines_d%27amour_perdues |
| Credits |
Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | Courts and courtiers -- Drama |
| Subject | Princesses -- Drama |
| Subject | Navarre (Kingdom) -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 19227 |
| Release Date | Sep 9, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 397 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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