by Jean Racine · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782038701401
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«Bérénice» is the five-act tragedy by Jean Racine, published by Larousse in paperback, in French.
Berenice, queen of Judea, loves the emperor Titus, to whom she is betrothed, but duty stands in the way of their marriage. Antiochus also loves her, hopelessly. Racine presents a drama without violence where separation proves more painful than death and everything points to an inevitable farewell.
It was originally published in 1670 and belongs to the Classiques Larousse collection.
Edition aimed at the school environment, suitable for students reading French classical theatre in the original language.
Jean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie. He did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther, for the young.
