Project Gutenberg 2011-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 85 Jephson, Robert 1736 1803 Jephson, R. (Robert) Couteau, James Baptiste Walpole, Horace 1717 1797 Orford, Horace Walpole, Earl of Walpole, Horatio Marshall, William Muralto, Onuphrio Inchbald, Mrs. 1753 1821 Inchbald, Elizabeth Simpson The Count of Narbonne: A Tragedy, in Five Acts Based on Walpole's "The Castle of Otranto." Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Steven desJardins, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Count of Narbonne: A Tragedy, in Five Acts" by Robert Jephson and Horace Walpole is a dramatic play written in the late 18th century. This tragedy explores themes of ambition, love, and the consequences of familial curses, centering around the life and misfortunes of the Count of Narbonne. As a theatrical work, it reflects the heightened emotions and moral dilemmas characteristic of the genre during this period. The narrative follows the Count of Narbonne, whose life is riddled with tragedy and mind games spurred by prophecies and familial strife. The count is confronted with the death of his son, the love of his daughter Adelaide for the noble, yet lower-born Theodore, and angry opposition from their rival Godfrey. As the plot thickens, the supernatural elements and the weight of a curse stemming from his father's deeds lead the characters toward a harrowing climax. The count's descent into madness culminates in a tragic ending, where love, revenge, and the haunting weight of guilt claim numerous victims, including his own daughter, sealing a fate that is wrought with despair and regret. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Drama Tragedies PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 183471 2024-10-15T13:01:57.438204 2023-09-16T05:56:06.258387 text/html text/html 182660 2021-01-07T21:38:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1255189 2021-01-07T21:38:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1336438 2024-10-15T13:02:07.117189 application/epub+zip 1337129 2024-10-15T13:02:01.402215 application/epub+zip 119444 2024-10-15T13:01:59.810181 application/epub+zip 1534768 2024-10-15T13:02:10.311124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1528456 2024-10-15T13:02:05.962173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250248 2022-09-16T16:21:03.100609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110061 109957 2024-10-15T13:01:55.990218 2023-09-16T05:56:05.028377 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 109860 2021-01-07T21:38:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 43205 2021-01-07T21:38:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 109852 2021-01-07T21:38:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 43189 2021-01-07T21:38:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23200 2024-10-15T13:02:10.464160 application/rdf+xml 20803 2024-10-15T13:02:00.405176 image/jpeg 4705 2024-10-15T13:02:00.101186 image/jpeg 1346883 2024-10-15T13:01:57.466211 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 en.wikipedia