Florante at Laura by Francisco Balagtas

"Florante at Laura" by Francisco Balagtas is an awit written in 1838. This Tagalog epic follows Florante, a nobleman who excels in his studies but faces deadly jealousy from his rival Adolfo. After heroic battles defending kingdoms, Florante returns home only to be betrayed and exiled to the forest. There he meets Aladin, a Persian prince with his own tale of forbidden love and banishment. Their intertwined stories of loyalty, treachery, and romance unfold through reunions and revelations that will determine the fate of kingdoms. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Balagtas, Francisco, 1788-1862
Commentator Ronquillo y Valdez, Carlos, 1877-1941
Title Florante at Laura
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florante_at_Laura
Credits Produced by Tamiko I. Camacho, Jerome Espinosa Baladad and PG
Distributed Proofreaders. Special thanks to Matet Villanueva, Pilar
Somoza and Ateneo Rizal Library-Filipiniana Section.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language Tagalog
LoC Class PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject Tagalog poetry
Category Text
eBook-No. 15845
Release Date
Last Update Dec 14, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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