The Corsair: A Tale (Penguin Classics: Poetry First Editions) - Softcover

Byron, Lord; Schmidt, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140437193 ISBN 13: 9780140437195

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1999

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Reseña del editor:

First published in 1814, THE CORSAIR tells of Conrad, a pirate chief, a 'Byronic' character of many vices but with the virtue of chivalry, who receives warning that the Turkish Pacha is preparing to descend upon his island. He takes leave of his beloved Medora, arrives at the Pacha's rallying-point, and introduces himself as a dervish escaped from the pirates. however his plans go amiss, and he is wounded and taken prisoner, but not before he has rescued Gulnare, the chief slave in the Pacha's harem, from imminent death.

Biografía del autor:

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), English Romantic poet who influenced European literature and thought. At 20 he published "Hours of Idleness" which was violently attacked by The Edinburgh Review. This provoked his retaliatory English Bards and Scotch Reviewers" which caused a sensation. His Childe Harold's Pilgrimage appeared in 1812. His married life was unhappy. he went to help the Greeks in their struggle for independence and died at Missolonghi.

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• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140437193
• ISBN 13: 9780140437195
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80