Project Gutenberg 2005-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 105 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Guizot, François 1787 1874 Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, M. (François) Guisot, M. (François) Guizot, Monsieur (François) Guizot, François Coriolan Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolanus Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolan_(Shakespeare) Produced by Paul Murray, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Coriolan" by William Shakespeare is a tragedy written in the early 17th century. The play centers around the life of Caius Marcius Coriolanus, a Roman general whose pride and disdain for the common people lead to his downfall. It explores themes of power, betrayal, and the tense relationship between the patricians and plebeians in Rome, making it a poignant reflection on human nature and societal conflict. At the start of the play, we find a group of rebellious plebeians in Rome, armed and discussing their grievances about hunger and oppression by the patricians, particularly targeting Coriolanus as their enemy. Ménénius Agrippa, a friend of Coriolanus, intervenes to calm the crowd by telling a fable that likens the state of the city to a body, where the senators are likened to the stomach, nourishing the rest. Meanwhile, Coriolanus himself displays his typical haughtiness and desire for military glory, ultimately gearing up for conflict against the Volsques. The opening sets the stage for a dramatic exploration of patriotic fervor, personal ambition, and the turbulent political atmosphere of ancient Rome. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Tragedies (Drama) Generals -- Drama Rome -- Drama Coriolanus, Cnaeus Marcius -- Drama PR Text FR Théâtre Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 270916 2025-07-06T13:17:49.021147 text/html 261589 2020-12-14T06:56:26 text/html 162171 2025-07-06T13:17:55.227151 application/epub+zip 167820 2025-07-06T13:17:50.816180 application/epub+zip 167820 2025-07-06T13:17:49.686147 application/epub+zip 290259 2025-07-06T13:17:58.082135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277646 2025-07-06T13:17:54.334148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255476 2022-09-07T21:03:41.888374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241922 2025-07-06T13:17:48.143197 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 236771 2020-12-14T06:56:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22041 2025-07-06T13:17:58.215110 application/rdf+xml 9746 2025-07-06T13:17:50.188165 image/jpeg 2513 2025-07-06T13:17:49.936146 image/jpeg 90275 2020-12-14T06:56:27 application/octet-stream application/zip 94130 2020-12-14T06:56:27 application/octet-stream application/zip 156937 2025-07-06T13:17:49.042150 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia