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Corneille : Theatro du Grand Corneilles

Listed under "Books read since April the first 1789"

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Eleanor Butler      Print: Book

Pierre Corneille : Cinna

'This evening we read a fine trajedy by Corneille where there are many noble characters Emily has such strength and such nobleness'.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne      Print: Unknown

Corneille : Pompee: Pompey the Great, a tragedy. As it was acted by the servants of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. Translated out of French by certain Persons of Honour

'So to the Custome-house; and there with great threats got a couple [watermen] to carry me down to Deptford, all the way reading "Pompey the Great" (a play translated from French by several notable persons; among other my Lord Buckehurst); but to me is a mean play, and the words and sense not very extraordinary.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

Pierre Corneille : Le Cid

'Read 13 Canto of Ariosto - Le Cid - Horace of Corneille'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley      Print: Book

Pierre Corneille : Horace

'Read 13 Canto of Ariosto - Le Cid - Horace of Corneille'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley      Print: Book

Pierre Corneille : Cinna

'Read 14th Canto of Ariosto and Cinna of Corneille'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley      Print: Book

Pierre Corneille : Polyeucte

'Read 15th Canto of Ariosto & the Polieucte of Corneille'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley      Print: Book

Pierre Corneille : Trois Discours

Texts discussed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1930) include Corneille, Trois Discours ('Sur le poeme dramatique'; 'Sur la tragedie'; 'Sur les trois unites').

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Morgan Forster      Print: Book

Pierre Corneille : Rodogune

'Rodogune 1646. Despite indistinct and I believe undistinguished diction, this is the most moving and exciting play of Corneille I've struck [...] Antiochus and Seleucus are devoted to each other, and there it is; their love for Rod[[ogune]. and the commands of Cleopatre doesn't contend with their devotion'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Morgan Forster      Print: Book

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