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Le Menteur
Pierre Corneille · 1644
Original text in French. In English: The Liar.
A young man who lies with genius gets tangled in his own inventions and in a romantic mix-up.
Theatre · 9 parts · about 19 000 words · about 1 h 21 of reading
Contents
- Épître2 min
- Au lecteur2 min
- Examen2 min
- Personnages1 min
- Acte I15 min
- Acte II14 min
- Acte III15 min
- Acte IV15 min
- Acte V16 min
About this text
Pierre Corneille († 1684): public-domain work. The text is that of Wikisource (Hachette, Paris, 1862). Its transcription, by Wikisource volunteers (contribution history), is published under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; so are this reading page and the EPUB file. Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.
Note on the edition (in French): Texte de l'édition Marty-Laveaux (Hachette, 1862) ; sans la notice, les variantes, les notes et l'appendice de l'éditeur, ni les pièces d'hommage d'autres poètes.
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