Project Gutenberg 2006-05-04 Public domain in the USA. 82 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 The Winter's Tale. French Le conte d'hiver Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Conte_d%27hiver Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "Le conte d'hiver" by William Shakespeare is a tragedy written in the early 17th century. The play spans a time frame of sixteen years and explores themes of jealousy, redemption, and the passage of time through intertwined stories of love and betrayal. The main characters include Leontes, the king of Sicilia, whose unfounded jealousy sets off a tragic chain of events, and Hermione, his wrongfully accused wife. At the start of the play, we are introduced to the friendship between Leontes and Polixenes, the king of Bohemia. As Polixenes visits Sicilia, Leontes's suspicion that Hermione is having an affair with him grows uncontrollably. The first act sets the stage for the unfolding drama, as Leontes's jealousy leads him to falsely accuse Hermione and isolate her from their son, Mamilius. The audience can sense the impending tragedy as the characters' fates begin to intertwine under the weight of Leontes's misguided suspicion and the consequences of his actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Fathers and daughters -- Drama Married people -- Drama Tragicomedy Castaways -- Drama Sicily (Italy) -- Kings and rulers -- Drama PR Text FR Théâtre Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 250401 2025-07-08T03:58:16.762512 text/html 244053 2006-05-04T15:03:48 text/html 159119 2025-07-08T03:58:22.358449 application/epub+zip 161749 2025-07-08T03:58:18.533497 application/epub+zip 161750 2025-07-08T03:58:17.415511 application/epub+zip 303590 2025-07-08T03:58:25.013478 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299449 2025-07-08T03:58:21.572484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277035 2022-09-08T15:50:11.144519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223298 2025-07-08T03:58:16.059512 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218642 2006-05-04T15:03:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22018 2025-07-08T03:58:25.152451 application/rdf+xml 12526 2025-07-08T03:58:17.919492 image/jpeg 3362 2025-07-08T03:58:17.666486 image/jpeg 84306 2006-05-04T15:03:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 88318 2006-05-04T15:03:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 156153 2025-07-08T03:58:16.782508 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