William Tell: A Play - Couverture souple

Schiller, Friedrich

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1870352912 ISBN 13 : 9781870352918

Editeur : Libris, 2005

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

William Tell is a drama written by Friedrich Schiller . The story focuses on the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell as part of the greater Swiss struggle for independence from the Habsburg Empire in the early 14th century. The fateful enmity of the tyrant Gessler, Governor of the Swiss cantons, and William Tell, an obscure huntsman, begins during a tempest on Lake Lucerne when Tell braves the angry waves to row to safety a peasant who is pursued by the Governor's horsemen. "The lake may take pity on him; but the Governor, never," says Tell. His opinion of the bloodthirsty Gessler is shared increasingly by the peasantry as the oppressor fills the old jails, builds a huge new prison at Altdorf for more victims, and sets his cap upon a pole before it, commanding that all who pass must bow to it or pay the penalty of death. Public anger is fanned into rebellion when Gessler blinds an aged man for a trifling misdemeanor. Tell, the individualist, holds aloof from the rebels' councils, but promises his aid when needed.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Page See, Father !H eres the Apple ... Frontispiece Map of the Four Forest Cantons 11 See! Who Comes There? It is the Tell from Burglen 25 The Lake of the Four Forest Cantons .... 45 AS wiss Hamlet 53 Monument toW illiam Tell at A ltorf ....
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Libris
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1870352912
• ISBN 13: 9781870352918
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 140