Calderon holds a place in the golden age of Spanish literature as a poet of lasting significance. The preservation and defense of honor in a patriarchy is the central theme of his play The Mayor of Zalamea, in which a soldier violates the beautiful daughter of the mayor, who dispenses justice with vengeance, torture, and murder. ..

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This work is fascinating for its views of seventeenth-century travel on the road between Toledo and Madrid. The heroine causes delays in the trip as she pretends to be ill with motion sickness resulting from the coach ride in order to rendez-vous with her lover. But the problem of "burlas veras" is at the heart of the text and action. The opening scene in which the young man hides in the lady's apartments and, finding himself unexpectedly trapped and locked in, goes to sleep on her bed where she finds him. Problem: Who's that sleeping in my bed?..

Salammbô, an epic that combines lust, obsession, ritual, and sensuality, takes place in the third century B.C. during the mercenary siege of Carthage. Salammbô, the daughter of a Carthaginian general, falls in love with Matho, one of the mercenaries. The story was meticulously crafted by one of the most well-known French authors of the nineteenth century, Gustave Flaubert...

This is the French edition of one of Victor Hugo's most famous works, known to English readers as The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The story, set in the famed Ccathedral of Notre Dame, centers on the tragic Quasimodo, a hunchback who lives in the cathedral?s bell tower and seldom leaves it because he is shunned by society. Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic Movement in French literature and, in addition to writing novels and poetry, was involved in politics...

Considered one of the greatest novels of the eighteenth century, Manon Lescaut is a tale of passion, betrayal, and delinquency. It is a classic romantic novel of the period that tells the story of the destructive affair between a nobleman and a courtesan. The novel was an immense success upon its publication in 1731. The story inspired popular operas composed in the nineteenth century by Jules Massenet and Giacomo Puccini...

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The romance of Tristan and Isolde is a Celtic legend that predates the Arthurian romance of Lancelot and Guinevere. A story of love, madness, and subterfuge in which young lovers are thrown together, forced apart, and reunited only in death...

Le Petit Chose was the first significant work of nineteenth-century French author Alphonse Daudet, who based many of the events in the novel on his own life. The story follows the misfortunes of the main character, Daniel Eyssette, who is forced to abandon his studies when his family becomes impoverished. Daudet, a leading figure in the naturalist movement, is best remembered for his humorous portrayals of the people and life in southern France. ..

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Corneille's most famous tragedy, Le Cid, is based on the legend of the Spanish hero the Cid. The plot revolves around Rodrigue and Chimène. The two are in love, but any chance of them being together is ruined when Rodrigue kills Chimène's father in a duel. However, when the Moors attack, he seizes the opportunity to redeem his honor and serve his country...

Written by the father of French classical tragedy, Pierre Corneille, Cinna is a story of politics and revenge that takes place after the Roman civil war. During his struggle to gain absolute power, Augustus was forced to take the life of his own tutor, Toranius. Now Emilie, Toranius? daughter, whom he adopted, plots her revenge...

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