Project Gutenberg 2004-12-08 Public domain in the USA. 247 Schiller, Friedrich 1759 1805 Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Friedrich von Schiller, Friedrick The Bride of Messina, and On the Use of the Chorus in Tragedy Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_of_Messina Produced by Tapio Riikonen and David Widger "The Bride of Messina, and On the Use of the Chorus in Tragedy" by Friedrich Schiller is a tragedy written in the early 19th century. The play explores the themes of familial conflict, duty, and the tragic consequences of hatred, particularly focusing on the complicated relationships among the members of the House of Messina, including Princess Isabella and her two sons, Don Manuel and Don Caesar, who are in a bitter rivalry fueled by ancient grudges. The opening of the play introduces Isabella, who mourns the death of her husband and fears the resurgence of hatred between her sons, who were raised with a dangerous enmity. As she attempts to broker a peace between Don Manuel and Don Caesar, the stirring presence of the Chorus provides emotional depth, reflecting the tensions within the family. The dramatic tension escalates as Isabella’s hopes for reconciliation clash with the brothers’ violent instincts, foreshadowing a tragic unfolding of events resulting in betrayal, love, and ultimately death. In this complex web of relationships, the arrival of Beatrice, their long-lost sister, becomes a critical turning point that intertwines love and doom, setting the stage for disastrous revelations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Drama PT Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: German Literature 181168 2025-08-03T09:01:33.652446 text/html 174526 2020-12-30T00:45:45 text/html 464954 2025-08-03T09:01:41.558404 application/epub+zip 470568 2025-08-03T09:01:37.115486 application/epub+zip 127789 2025-08-03T09:01:35.838436 application/epub+zip 677056 2025-08-03T09:01:43.788410 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 689348 2025-08-03T09:01:40.741438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336863 2022-09-03T13:30:21.770807 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 160020 2025-08-03T09:01:33.245478 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159675 2020-12-30T00:45:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18652 2025-08-03T09:01:43.920382 application/rdf+xml 22848 2025-08-03T09:01:36.329436 image/jpeg 4546 2025-08-03T09:01:36.082424 image/jpeg 369610 2020-12-30T00:45:45 application/octet-stream application/zip 60782 2020-12-30T00:45:45 application/octet-stream application/zip 459956 2025-08-03T09:01:33.674427 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 de.wikipedia en.wikipedia