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Phaedra
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Phaedra

by Jean Racine · 1677

Robert Bruce Boswell's translation, 1890. 6 parts, about 13,979 words, 64 minutes of reading. Source edition.

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Contents

Introductory Note433 words
Act I2 passages · 2,996 words
Act II3,049 words
Act III2,180 words
Act IV1 passage · 2,670 words
Act V1 passage · 2,651 words

Passages the guide marks

I saw him, I blushed, I turned pale at the sight of him.
Act I, scene 3 · Read it in Act I
It is Venus entire, fastened on her prey.
Act I, scene 3 · Read it in Act I
The daylight is not purer than the depths of my heart.
Act IV, scene 2 · Read it in Act IV
Death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day all the purity they were staining.
Act V, scene 7 · Read it in Act V

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Public domain in the United States; the Project Gutenberg edition is free of restrictions under the Project Gutenberg License. Translated by Robert Bruce Boswell. It is not the edition the programs assign; the guide names that one, and the buy links there point at it.

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