Project Gutenberg 2008-07-25 Public domain in the USA. 238 Maréchal, Sylvain 1750 1803 Marechal, Sylvain Maréchal, Pierre Sylvain Le jugement dernier des rois Produced by Laurent Vogel, Hugo Voisard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Le jugement dernier des rois" by Sylvain Maréchal is a one-act prophecy presented in prose, written during the late 18th century. This theatrical piece centers around the theme of kings and tyrants being brought to justice, reflecting the revolutionary sentiments of its time, particularly in relation to the upheaval during and after the French Revolution. It serves as a social commentary on the roles and responsibilities of rulers versus the rights of the people. The narrative unfolds in a volcanic island where all the kings of Europe are sent as punishment for their tyranny. A French elder, who has been exiled there for twenty years, encounters a group of sans-culottes who inform him of the downfall of monarchies across Europe. The sans-culottes bring the deposed kings to this island, where they must fend for themselves, devoid of their previous privileges and grandeur. The play culminates in a chaotic and violent confrontation among the kings as they struggle for survival, reflecting their folly and impotence when stripped of power. Maréchal's work is both satirical and critical, emphasizing themes of liberty, equality, and the harsh realities faced by those once deemed powerful. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr French drama -- 18th century France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Drama PQ Text FR Théâtre Browsing: Literature Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: French Literature 74624 2025-06-11T04:10:24.450660 text/html 69179 2021-01-03T21:45:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 30619 2021-01-03T21:45:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 107154 2025-06-11T04:10:30.399628 application/epub+zip 105648 2025-06-11T04:10:27.544692 application/epub+zip 93260 2025-06-11T04:10:26.304708 application/epub+zip 226200 2025-06-11T04:10:32.420633 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215995 2025-06-11T04:10:29.639639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171074 2022-09-12T08:07:02.352687 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61774 2025-06-11T04:10:24.043676 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60550 2021-01-03T21:45:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 24697 2021-01-03T21:45:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19077 2025-06-11T04:10:32.573627 application/rdf+xml 12960 2025-06-11T04:10:26.865626 image/jpeg 3225 2025-06-11T04:10:26.579652 image/jpeg 105301 2025-06-11T04:10:24.461665 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