Project Gutenberg 2005-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 615 Corneille, Pierre 1606 1684 Mongan, Roscoe The Cid Produced by David Garcia, Branko Collin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Cid" by Pierre Corneille is a classic French tragic play written in the early 17th century. The narrative revolves around the legendary figure Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as the Cid, who is caught between the love for his fiancée Chimène and the honor of avenging his father’s death. This deep conflict sets the stage for themes of love, honor, and the complexities of duty. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Chimène and her friend Elvira as they discuss Chimène’s love for Rodrigo, who is favored by her father. However, tension arises when Rodrigue, in an act of vengeance, kills Chimène's father after a disagreement. Following the duel, Chimène is torn between her love for Rodrigue and her duty to avenge her father's death. The beginning establishes not only the characters’ motivations and relationships but also foreshadows the tragic consequences that will ensue as honor clashes with personal desire, setting a dramatic tone for the unfolding events. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Cid, approximately 1043-1099 -- Drama PQ Text Browsing: Literature 151272 151281 2024-09-06T13:51:26.658342 2023-09-07T05:29:17.777231 text/html text/html 148816 2020-12-19T10:40:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 52704 2020-12-19T10:40:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 89712 2024-09-06T13:51:30.847326 application/epub+zip 89992 2024-09-06T13:51:27.775345 application/epub+zip 89992 2024-09-06T13:51:27.060372 application/epub+zip 177736 2024-09-06T13:51:33.247307 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 156370 2024-09-06T13:51:30.389323 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 156513 2022-09-07T19:10:00.299561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132199 132122 2024-09-06T13:51:26.173390 2023-09-07T05:29:17.300260 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 131882 2020-12-19T10:40:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 49958 2020-12-19T10:40:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 131873 2020-12-19T10:40:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49931 2020-12-19T10:40:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20011 2024-09-06T13:51:33.379380 application/rdf+xml 7541 2024-09-06T13:51:27.399359 image/jpeg 2123 2024-09-06T13:51:27.228337 image/jpeg 87441 2024-09-06T13:51:26.671349 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia