Project Gutenberg 2006-09-09 Public domain in the USA. 77 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Guizot, François 1787 1874 Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, M. (François) Guisot, M. (François) Guizot, Monsieur (François) Guizot, François Love's labour's lost. French Peines d'amour perdues Comédie Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "Peines d'amour perdues" by William Shakespeare is a comedy likely written during the late 16th century. The play centers around King Ferdinand of Navarre and his three companions, Biron, Longueville, and Dumaine, who vow to avoid the company of women in order to dedicate themselves to study and contemplation for three years. Their commitment is humorously tested when the princess of France arrives to negotiate an alliance, leading to a series of romantic entanglements and witty exchanges. The opening of the play introduces the setting in Navarre, where Ferdinand and his fellow lords discuss their ambitious plan to transform their court into a place of learning devoid of female distraction. As they make their solemn oaths, their comical banter reveals their true feelings about their vows, especially Biron, who questions the practicality of abstaining from women. The arrival of a letter from Don Armado sets the stage for further comedic misunderstandings, particularly involving the character Costard, and hints at the romantic mischief that ensues with the entrance of the French princess and her attendants, highlighting Shakespeare's signature blend of humor, romance, and social critique. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Comedies Courts and courtiers -- Drama Princesses -- Drama Navarre (Kingdom) -- Drama PR Text FR Théâtre Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 235141 233737 2024-10-08T12:14:24.360175 2023-09-09T03:41:52.974983 text/html text/html 224326 2006-09-09T11:35:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 80470 2006-09-09T11:35:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 158223 2024-10-08T12:14:32.226110 application/epub+zip 160400 2024-10-08T12:14:27.612142 application/epub+zip 149291 2024-10-08T12:14:26.312166 application/epub+zip 326797 2024-10-08T12:14:35.327124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325861 2024-10-08T12:14:31.418126 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286453 2022-09-09T08:30:16.331678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199410 199172 2024-10-08T12:14:23.405224 2023-09-09T03:41:52.108028 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 195682 2006-09-09T11:35:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 75959 2006-09-09T11:35:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22235 2024-10-08T12:14:35.464097 application/rdf+xml 14341 2024-10-08T12:14:26.867334 image/jpeg 3861 2024-10-08T12:14:26.589144 image/jpeg 154646 2024-10-08T12:14:24.380167 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia