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Iphis and Iante

A Play Based on Ovid's Metamorphoses

by Isaac de Benserade ...

Translated by Ramine Adl ...

Series Book 47 - MLA Texts and Translations
Iphis and Iante are about to be married, but Iphis has a secret: when she was born, her mother disguised her as a boy in order to save her life. Although Iphis loves Iante passionately, Iphis's mother tries to prevent the marriage in order to conceal Iphis's real identity. The bachelor Ergaste has another reason for wanting to stop the marriage, since he, like Iante, is in love with Iphis.Based on ... Read more

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Iphis and Iante are about to be married, but Iphis has a secret: when she was born, her mother disguised her as a boy in order to save her life. Although Iphis loves Iante passionately, Iphis's mother tries to prevent the marriage in order to conceal Iphis's real identity. The bachelor Ergaste has another reason for wanting to stop the marriage, since he, like Iante, is in love with Iphis.Based on
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Dialogue Between A Priest And A Dying Man (Mobi Classics)

by Marquis de Sade ...

Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man is a dialogue written by the Marquis de Sade while incarcerated in 1782, expressing his atheism by having the dying libertine convince the priest of the mistakes of a pious life. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ... Read more

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Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man is a dialogue written by the Marquis de Sade while incarcerated in 1782, expressing his atheism by having the dying libertine convince the priest of the mistakes of a pious life. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Anna Karenina (Illustrated and Russian Edition)

by Leo Tolstoy ...

«Анна Каренина» (1873—1877; журнальная публикация 1875—1877; первое книжное издание 1878) — роман Льва Толстого о трагической влюблённости замужней дамы Анны Карениной в блестящего офицера Вронского на фоне счастливой семейной жизни дворян Константина Левина[~ 1] и Кити Щербацкой. Масштабная картина нравов и быта дворянской среды Петербурга и Москвы второй половины XIX века, сочетающая философские ... Read more

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«Анна Каренина» (1873—1877; журнальная публикация 1875—1877; первое книжное издание 1878) — роман Льва Толстого о трагической влюблённости замужней дамы Анны Карениной в блестящего офицера Вронского на фоне счастливой семейной жизни дворян Константина Левина[~ 1] и Кити Щербацкой. Масштабная картина нравов и быта дворянской среды Петербурга и Москвы второй половины XIX века, сочетающая философские
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The Lais of Marie De France

With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French

by Marie France ...

Marie de France (fl. late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais - stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance - are among the finest of the genre. Recounting the trials and tribulations of lovers, the lais inhabit a powerfully realized world where very real human protagonists act out their lives against fairy-tale elements of magical beings, ... Read more

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Marie de France (fl. late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais - stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance - are among the finest of the genre. Recounting the trials and tribulations of lovers, the lais inhabit a powerfully realized world where very real human protagonists act out their lives against fairy-tale elements of magical beings,
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A Sentimental Journey

by Laurence Sterne, Paul Goring ...

When Yorick, the roving narrator of Sterne's innovative final novel, sets off for France on a whim, he produces no ordinary travelogue. Jolting along in his coach from Calais, through Paris, and on towards the Italian border, the amiable parson is blithely unconcerned by famous views or monuments, but he engages us with tales of his encounters with all manner of people, from counts and noblewomen ... Read more

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When Yorick, the roving narrator of Sterne's innovative final novel, sets off for France on a whim, he produces no ordinary travelogue. Jolting along in his coach from Calais, through Paris, and on towards the Italian border, the amiable parson is blithely unconcerned by famous views or monuments, but he engages us with tales of his encounters with all manner of people, from counts and noblewomen
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Love Sonnets and Elegies

Translated by Richard Sieburth ...

by Richard Sieburth, Louise Labé ...

Louise Labé, one of the most original poets of the French Renaissance, published her complete Works around the age of thirty and then disappeared from history. Rediscovered in the nineteenth century, her incandescent love sonnets were later translated into German by Rilke and appear here in a revelatory new English version by the award-winning translator Richard Sieburth. ... Read more

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Louise Labé, one of the most original poets of the French Renaissance, published her complete Works around the age of thirty and then disappeared from history. Rediscovered in the nineteenth century, her incandescent love sonnets were later translated into German by Rilke and appear here in a revelatory new English version by the award-winning translator Richard Sieburth.
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Frederic Mistral

by Charles Alfred Downer ...

Downer delves into Mistral's early life in the small Provençal town of Maillane, where his love for his native language and regional traditions began to flourish. The biography highlights Mistral's dedication to his craft, including his famous epic poem Mirèio, which celebrates the beauty of the Provençal landscape and the customs of its people. Downer emphasizes how Mistral's work not only won ... Read more

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Downer delves into Mistral's early life in the small Provençal town of Maillane, where his love for his native language and regional traditions began to flourish. The biography highlights Mistral's dedication to his craft, including his famous epic poem Mirèio, which celebrates the beauty of the Provençal landscape and the customs of its people. Downer emphasizes how Mistral's work not only won
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The Prisoner of Chillon

by Lord Byron ...

Narration is conducted on behalf of the eldest of six brothers - a prisoner of the Chillon Castle, a terrible prison with intolerable conditions of detention. Five of his close relatives have already died. Two of them could not stand the conclusion in the cellars of the castle. The prisoner lost count of days and years, and when he was released, he became so accustomed to imprisonment that the ... Read more

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Narration is conducted on behalf of the eldest of six brothers - a prisoner of the Chillon Castle, a terrible prison with intolerable conditions of detention. Five of his close relatives have already died. Two of them could not stand the conclusion in the cellars of the castle. The prisoner lost count of days and years, and when he was released, he became so accustomed to imprisonment that the
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The Tale of the Alerion

by Guillaume De Machaut, Minnette Gaudet, Constance B. Hieatt ...

Guillaume de Machaut, the most important poet and musician of fourteenth-century France, had considerable influence on subsequent generations of writers in both France and England. With this scholarly translation, Minnette Gaudet and Constance B. Hieatt made his long-neglected narrative poem, the Dit de l’alerion – a treatise on love and falconry – available to students of medieval literature.In ... Read more

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Guillaume de Machaut, the most important poet and musician of fourteenth-century France, had considerable influence on subsequent generations of writers in both France and England. With this scholarly translation, Minnette Gaudet and Constance B. Hieatt made his long-neglected narrative poem, the Dit de l’alerion – a treatise on love and falconry – available to students of medieval literature.In
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Marguerite De Navarre

A Literary Queen

by Rouben Cholakian ...

This is a shortened reworking of the 2006 biography Marguerite de Navarre, made more accessible here without the scholarly trappings. ... Read more

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This is a shortened reworking of the 2006 biography Marguerite de Navarre, made more accessible here without the scholarly trappings.
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The True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, Illustrated

by Michael Nostradamus ...

Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 — July 1566) was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events.Nostradamus's father's family had originally been Jewish, but had converted to Catholic Christianity a generation before Nostradamus was born ... Read more

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Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 — July 1566) was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events.Nostradamus's father's family had originally been Jewish, but had converted to Catholic Christianity a generation before Nostradamus was born
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Dialogues in French and English

by William Caxton ...

The work now for the first time reprinted from Caxton’s original edition has been preserved in three copies. One of these is in the Library of Ripon Cathedral, another in the Spencer Library, now at Manchester, and the third at Bamborough Castle. A small fragment, consisting of pp. 17-18 and 27-28, is in the Bodleian Library. The text of the present edition is taken from the Ripon copy. I have not ... Read more

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The work now for the first time reprinted from Caxton’s original edition has been preserved in three copies. One of these is in the Library of Ripon Cathedral, another in the Spencer Library, now at Manchester, and the third at Bamborough Castle. A small fragment, consisting of pp. 17-18 and 27-28, is in the Bodleian Library. The text of the present edition is taken from the Ripon copy. I have not
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