La plainte d'une amante by William Shakespeare
"La plainte d'une amante" by William Shakespeare is a narrative poem published in 1609 as an appendix to his Sonnets. The poem follows a young woman weeping by a river, tearing up letters and discarding tokens of love. When an old man approaches and asks about her sorrow, she recounts the story of a seductive lover who charmed and abandoned her. Written in rhyme royal stanzas, the poem explores themes of seduction
and betrayal, yet concludes with a striking admission about the enduring power of deceptive charm. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
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| Translator | Guizot, François, 1787-1874 |
| Title | La plainte d'une amante |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lover%27s_Complaint |
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Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Translations into French |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 26758 |
| Release Date | Oct 3, 2008 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 4, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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