Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
"Life Is a Dream" by Pedro Calderón de la Barca is a Spanish-language play first published in 1636. Prince Segismundo of Poland has been imprisoned in a tower since birth by his father, King Basilio, who fears a prophecy predicting the prince will bring disaster and death. When the king briefly frees his son to test fate, the prince's violent reaction leads to his re-imprisonment—convinced it was all a dream. This philosophical
allegory explores free will versus destiny, dreams versus reality, and the mysterious nature of human existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681 |
|---|---|
| Translator | MacCarthy, Denis Florence, 1817-1882 |
| Title | Life Is a Dream |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_a_Dream |
| Note | See also PG#2587 tr. by Edward Fitzgerald |
| Credits | Produced by Sue Asscher |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 6363 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 29, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 441 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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