Project Gutenberg 2014-05-28 Public domain in the USA. 67 Dodsley, Robert 1703 1764 Dodsley, R. (Robert) Saddi, Nathan ben Hazlitt, William Carew 1834 1913 Hazlitt, W. Carew (William Carew) A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 05 The Spanish tragedy -- Cornelia -- Soliman and Perseda -- Life and death of Jack Straw. Produced by Richard Tonsing, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 05" by Dodsley and Hazlitt is a compilation of classic theatrical works written in the early 18th century. This volume features various plays, notably "The Spanish Tragedy," which focuses on themes of revenge, love, and the tragic consequences of betrayal. The narrative is rich with character-driven drama, exploring the lives and motivations of figures such as Hieronimo, Horatio, and Bell'-Imperia amidst the backdrop of a tumultuous political landscape. The opening of this volume introduces "The Spanish Tragedy," beginning with the ghost of Andrea and his companion Revenge, who discuss the circumstances of Andrea's death in battle. As the story unfolds, we learn that Andrea is seeking justice for his murder at the hands of Balthazar, the young prince of Portugal. The action builds as we meet Hieronimo, the Marshal of Spain, who learns of his son Horatio's heroic, yet doomed, involvement in a battle against the Portuguese and is soon engulfed in a web of intrigue and tragedy that sets the stage for revenge and a cycle of violence that will intertwine the fates of all characters involved. The themes of love, honor, and revenge permeate this beginning, engaging the reader in a tale that resonates with timeless emotional depth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45794/45794-h/images/cover.jpg en English drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1062196 1062205 2024-09-19T08:07:28.691319 2023-09-20T04:33:31.852353 text/html text/html 1100593 2014-05-28T11:22:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 323356 2014-05-28T11:22:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 350775 2024-09-19T08:08:14.405532 application/epub+zip 368347 2024-09-19T08:07:40.506146 application/epub+zip 317105 2024-09-19T08:07:34.518161 application/epub+zip 762767 2024-09-19T08:08:27.123427 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1205437 2024-09-19T08:08:04.881107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1201052 2022-09-20T20:24:36.798960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 573167 573063 2024-09-19T08:07:20.441319 2023-09-20T04:33:24.125309 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 573144 2014-05-28T11:22:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 197156 2014-05-28T11:22:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 573283 2014-05-28T11:22:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 197098 2014-05-28T11:22:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20992 2024-09-19T08:08:27.342422 application/rdf+xml 8752 2024-09-19T08:07:34.871179 image/jpeg 1764 2024-09-19T08:07:34.700193 image/jpeg 318955 2024-09-19T08:07:28.760322 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