Phaedra (Perfect Library)

Racine, Jean

ISBN 10: 1512126411 / ISBN 13: 9781512126419

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishi, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Phaedra (Perfect Library)
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishi
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1512126411
• ISBN 13: 9781512126419
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Phaedra (English Edition) is one of the most powerful tragedies ever written, a masterwork by Jean Racine that explores the devastating collision of desire, duty, and fate. Set within the solemn grandeur of classical myth, this drama unfolds with relentless intensity as a royal household is shaken by a forbidden passion that cannot be spoken—yet cannot be contained.

Racine’s language is celebrated for its clarity, precision, and emotional force, drawing readers into the inner lives of characters trapped between moral law and irresistible impulse. As rumor and silence breed catastrophe, each confession and hesitation carries the weight of irreversible consequence, building toward a conclusion as inevitable as it is heartbreaking.

At the center stands Phaedra, a figure of profound complexity—torn between honor and longing, reason and despair—whose struggle exposes the frailty of human restraint and the tragic cost of concealment. With its psychological depth and austere beauty, Phaedra remains essential reading for lovers of classic literature, dramatic art, and timeless stories of human passion and suffering.

About the Author

RICHARD WILBUR, one of America’s most beloved poets, has served as poet laureate of the United States. He has received the National Book Award, two Pulitzer Prizes, the National Arts Club medal of honor for literature, and a number of translation prizes, including two Bollingen Prizes and two awards from PEN.