- Drama, History, Tragedy, classical theater
Cinna, his beloved Emilia, and his friend Maximus are participants in a plot to assassinate the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar. What will happen to them when Augustus learns of the plot?
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Pierre Corneille
- First published
- 1936
- Pages
- 169
- Publisher
- Librairie Droz, Librairie Larousse, University Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- French
- ISBN
- 9782038700367
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