by Jean Racine · Hachette · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010029387
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«Andromaque» is the five-act tragedy by Jean Racine, published by Hachette in paperback (126 pages, in French).
After the Trojan War, Andromache, widow of Hector and captive of Pyrrhus, must choose between loyalty to her dead husband and the life of her son. Pyrrhus desires her; Hermione, Pyrrhus's fiancée, is loved by Orestes. The chain of unrequited loves leads to jealousy, revenge, and sacrifice.
1976 edition in the Nouveaux classiques illustrés collection, with the complete text of the tragedy premiered in 1667.
Suitable for students of French and readers interested in seventeenth-century French classical theatre.
Racine is a city in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River, 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and 60 miles (97 km) north of Chicago. It is the fifth-most populous city in Wisconsin, with a population of 77,816 at the 2020 census. The Racine metropolitan statistical area, consisting solely of Racine County, has an estimated 199,000 residents.
