Skip to main content
Search Button
Canada Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 78 results for “pierre corneille2”
Skip side bar filters

  • Le Cid

    by Pierre Corneille ...
    Le Cid is a five-act French tragicomedy written by Pierre Corneille, first performed in December 1636 at the Théâtre du Marais in Paris and published the same year. It is based on Guillén de Castro's play Las Mocedades del Cid. Castro's play in turn is based on the legend of El Cid.An enormous popular success, Corneille's Le Cid was the subject of a heated polemic over the norms of dramatic ... Read more

    $1.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Le Cid

    by Pierre Corneille ...
    Translated by Roscoe Mongan ...
    Pierre Corneille's tragicomedy Le Cid is based on the legend of the same name. It tells the story of Rodrigue and Chimene, whose fathers' feud violently interrupts their love. Though they never disavow their love for one another, revenge is deemed more important to each. Corneille's play sparked much dispute about dramatic method. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The Cid

    by Pierre Corneille ...
    The Cid follows the story of Rodrigue, a young nobleman, and his struggle between love and duty. Rodrigue is in love with Chimène, the daughter of Don Gomès, but their romance is complicated by a family feud. Don Gomès insults Rodrigue’s father, Don Diègue, leading to a duel between Rodrigue and Don Gomès. Rodrigue is forced to kill Don Gomès, but despite his victory, he is torn with guilt because ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Illusion

    by Pierre Corneille, Tony Kushner ...
    Series series TCG Translations
    “The most lavish and picturesque special effects are what come out of the mouths of the people onstage…Mr. Kushner makes words sing, swoon and somersault as no other living American playwright does.” –Ben Brantley, New York Times“Rapture comes naturally to playwright Tony Kushner, and in The Illusion, he plants a big swoony kiss on the lips of the theater.” –Nelson Pressley, Washington Post“[The ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Cid

    by Pierre Corneille ...
    Translated by Roscoe Mongan ...
    In "The Cid," Pierre Corneille masterfully crafts a tragic tale that explores themes of honor, love, and vengeance against the backdrop of 11th-century Spain. This classic play, written in the style of French neoclassicism, intricately balances the dramatic tension of personal conflicts with rigid societal expectations. Corneille's innovative use of elevated language, coupled with profound ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Polyeucte

    by Pierre Corneille ...
    Polyeucte examines the profound struggle between spiritual awakening and the demands imposed by earthly ties, presenting a narrative shaped by conviction, inner conflict, and the cost of unwavering belief. The story follows an individual whose sudden embrace of a new faith transforms every aspect of life, creating a divide between personal devotion and the expectations of a familiar world fearful ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Harvard's Classics Collection: Complete 71 Volumes

    The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction - The Classic Literature & The Greatest Works of Fiction from Antics to Modern Age

    by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Thomas Carlyle, Theodor Storm, Plato, Theodor Fontane, René Descartes, Gottfried Keller, Mark Twain, Immanuel Kant, Charles Darwin, Martin Luther, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Charles Lamb, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, Samuel Johnson, John Stuart Mill, Victor Hugo, David Hume, Joseph Addison, Jane Austen, John Locke, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, Leigh Hunt, Epictetus, Alphonse Daudet, Thomas De Quincey, Guy de Maupassant, George Eliot, Walter Scott, Laurence Sterne, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jonathan Swift, Christopher Marlowe, Wilhelm Grimm, William Hazlitt, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Daniel Defoe, Aesop, Richard Henry Dana, Henry Fielding, John Dryden, Philip Massinger, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Bret Harte, George Sand, John Ruskin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Ernest Renan, Robert Burns, David Garrick, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Webster, Washington Irving, Izaak Walton, John Bunyan, Juan Valera, Alfred de Musset, James Russell Lowell, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Homer, Edmund Burke, Plutarch, Molière, Aeschylus, Michael Faraday, Sophocles, William Makepeace Thackeray, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Everett Hale, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Voltaire, Robert Browning, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Dekker, John Milton, Aristophanes, Blaise Pascal, Virgil, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Simon Newcomb, William Penn, Walter Bigges, Philip Sidney, Herodotus, Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Giuseppe Mazzini, Francis Pretty, George Berkeley, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, Alessandro Manzoni, Abraham Cowley, Michel de Montaigne, Ben Jonson, John Woolman, Benvenuto Cellini, Sydney Smith, Jean Froissart, William Henry Harrison, William Harvey, Marcus Aurelius, Hans Christian Andersen, Thomas Malory, George Gordon Byron, Thomas à Kempis, Ivan Turgenev, Richard Steele, Thomas Browne, Archibald Geikie, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Tacitus, William Roper, Hippocrates, Miguel de Cervantes, Thomas More, Friedrich von Schiller, Philip Nichols, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Pliny the Younger, Charles W. Eliot, Edgar Alan Poe, Saint Augustine, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Francis Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson, Honoré Balzac, Alexander L. Kielland ...
    Harvard's Classics Collection: Complete 71 Volumes encompasses an extensive array of literary works, stretching across centuries and diverse cultures. From the foundational philosophies of ancient Greeks like Plato and Euripides to Renaissance masterpieces by Dante and Shakespeare, and the Enlightenment's transformative ideas from thinkers like Immanuel Kant and Voltaire, this anthology captures ... Read more

    Was $2.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Polyeucte

    by Pierre Corneille ...
    Polyeucte martyr is a drama in five acts by French writer Pierre Corneille. It was finished in December 1642 and debuted in October 1643. It is based on the life of the martyr Saint Polyeuctus (Polyeucte).In 1878 it was adapted into an opera by Charles Gounod, with the assistance of the librettist Jules Barbier. The opera was not a success and is rarely performed except for a number of arias ... Read more

    $1.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (Golden Deer Classics)

    [51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction]

    by Charles W. Eliot, Golden Deer Classics, John Milton, Plato, Benjamin Franklin, Adam Smith, Charles Darwin, Miguel de Cervantes, Virgil, Anonymous, Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, Oliver Goldsmith, Dante Alighieri, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Molière, Michel de Montaigne, Voltaire, Niccolò Machiavelli, Confucius, William Shakespeare ...
    Contents: Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard Classics is a 51-volume Anthology of classic literature from throughout the history of western civilization. The set is sometimes called "Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf." This e-book is all 51 volumes, the equivalent of over 20,000 printed pages in one e-book. It is fully searchable with a completely linked table of contents. + - ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Harvard Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature

    Enriched edition. All 71 Volumes - The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction

    by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Thomas Carlyle, Plato, Charles Darwin, Dante Alighieri, Euripides, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Charles Lamb, Samuel Johnson, John Stuart Mill0, David Hume1, Joseph Addison2, Leigh Hunt3, Epictetus4, Thomas De Quincey5, Samuel Taylor Coleridge6, Jonathan Swift7, Christopher Marlowe8, Jacob Grimm9, Wilhelm Grimm0, William Hazlitt1, Marcus Tullius Cicero2, Daniel Defoe3, Aesop4, Richard Henry Dana5, John Dryden6, Pedro Calderón de la Barca7, John Ruskin8, Robert Burns9, David Garrick0, Ralph Waldo Emerson1, Izaak Walton2, John Bunyan3, Homer4, Edmund Burke5, Plutarch6, Molière7, Aeschylus8, Sophocles9, William Makepeace Thackeray0, Benjamin Franklin1, Pierre Corneille2, Jean Racine3, Robert Browning4, Oliver Goldsmith5, John Milton6, Aristophanes7, Virgil8, Richard Brinsley Sheridan9, William Penn0, Philip Sidney1, Francis Bacon2, Adam Smith3, Alessandro Manzoni4, Abraham Cowley5, Ben Jonson6, John Woolman7, Sydney Smith8, Marcus Aurelius9, Hans Christian Andersen0, George Gordon Byron1, Thomas à Kempis2, Richard Steele3, Thomas Browne4, Thomas Babington Macaulay5, Miguel de Cervantes6, Friedrich von Schiller7, Pliny the Younger8, Saint Augustine9, Aria Caldwell2 ...
    The Complete Harvard Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature stands as a testament to the profound diversity and brilliance of literary expression throughout the ages. This collection compiles an impressive array of literary styles ranging from the classical dialogues of Plato to the romantic verses of Percy Bysshe Shelley, exploring timeless themes of love, reason, morality, and the ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cid

    An Epic Tale of Love, Honor, and Duty in 17th Century Spain

    by Pierre Corneille ...
    Translated by Roscoe Mongan ...
    Pierre Corneille's "The Cid" is a seminal work of French classical theatre that masterfully intertwines themes of honor, love, and revenge within the context of a Spanish tale. Written in 1636, the play is characterized by its elevated language, intricate characterizations, and dramatic structure, which eschews strict adherence to the unities in favor of a more nuanced exploration of human emotion ... Read more

    Was $2.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Polyeucte

    Enriched edition.

    by Pierre Corneille, Ursula Caldwell ...
    Translated by Thomas Constable ...
    In Pierre Corneille's gripping tragedy, "Polyeucte," the playwright explores themes of faith, sacrifice, and the struggle between personal conviction and societal pressures. Set against the backdrop of Roman-occupied Armenia, the narrative follows the titular character, Polyeucte, who embraces martyrdom to express his unwavering belief in Christianity. Corneille's use of elevated language and ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus