# The Cid, the Cinna, the Theatrical Illusion

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- Authors: [Pierre Corneille](https://www.bookquiver.com/pierre-corneille)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4044-312-7
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2005-09-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The Cid, Corneille's masterpiece set in medieval Spain, was the first great work of French classical drama; Cinna, written three years later in 1641, is a tense political drama, while The Theatrical Illusion, an earlier work, is reminiscent of Shakespeare's exuberant comedies.