Fuente Ovejuna by Lope de Vega
"Fuente Ovejuna" by Lope de Vega is a play written between 1612-1614. Based on actual historical events, the drama unfolds in a Spanish village during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. When a powerful commander's tyranny escalates to brutal violence against the townspeople, the entire community rises in unified rebellion. Their collective defiance and unwavering solidarity lead to a confrontation with royal justice, testing whether their desperate act will be condemned or
vindicated by the Crown. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635 |
|---|---|
| Title | Fuente Ovejuna |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuenteovejuna Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuenteovejuna |
| Credits | Roberto Marabini, Carlos Colon, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Spanish drama -- Classical period, 1500-1700 |
| Subject | Fuenteovejuna (Spain) -- History -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 60198 |
| Release Date | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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