Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Corneille's Le Cid: Edited With Notes and Vocabulary
The divided life he thus lived before the production of Le Cid, at the end of 1636, seems to have almost ceased during the few years following that play, for he evidently remained at Rouen, busying himself with the defence of his drama. Occu pied with lawsuits, and saddened by family af?ictions. Still. He must have been considering new theatrical ventures all this time, for in 1639 he read to a few friends at Paris his tragedy of Horace, and had it performed the next February. This piece was followed by several others in quick succession, all of which confirmed the success of Le Cid. And united in placing their author at the head of the playwrights of France.
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