John Cairncross
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John Cairncross
0140443126
John Cairncross
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John Cairncross
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John Cairncross
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John Cairncross
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John Cairncross
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John Cairncross
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John Cairncross (25 July 1913 8 October 1995) was a British civil servant who became an intelligence officer and spy during World War II. As a Soviet double...
Pierre Corneille
Paperback
320
Penguin Classics
0140443495
9780140443493
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John CAIRNCROSS
Hardcover
223
Century
0712678840
9780712678841
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This is a 478 page leather bound hardback book titled SIX TRAGEDIES by Jean Racine. Published in a limited edition in 1982 by The Franklin Library. Illustrated with engravings by Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson. See photographs (3) of this book on main listing page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-D-midd...
Jean Racine
Leather Bound
478
Franklin Library
8
Strongly influenced by Classical drama, Jean Racine (1639-99) broke away from the grandiose theatricality of baroque drama to create works of intense psychological realism, with characters manipulated by cruel and vengeful gods. "Iphigenia" depicts a princess' absolute submission to her father's wil...
Jean Baptiste Racine, John Cairncross, E. F. Watling
Paperback
320
Penguin Classics
0140441220
9780140441222
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The Cid, Corneille’s masterpiece set in medieval Spain, was the first great work of French classical drama; Cinna, written three years later in 1641, is a tense political drama, while The Theatrical Illusion, an earlier work, is reminiscent of Shakespeare’s exuberant comedies.
Pierre Corneille
Paperback
288
Penguin Classics
0140443126
9780140443127
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The three works in this volume established Racine as a playwright who enjoyed high favour both with the public and at the court of Louis XIV and presented a growing challenge to the older writer Corneille.
Jean Racine
Paperback
288
Penguin Classics
2010023471
9782010023477
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