Jean Racine

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born

December 22, 1639 in La Ferté-Milon, France

died

April 21, 1699

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male

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Literature & Fiction

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Jean Racine was a French dramatist, one of the "big three" of 17th century France (along with Molière and Corneille), and one of the most important literary figures in the Western tradition. Racine was primarily a tragedian, though he did write one comedy.

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Average rating: 3.67 · 3,690 ratings · 116 reviews · 136 distinct works

	Phèdre 3.67 avg rating — 2,344 ratings — published 1677 — 103 editions	My rating:
	Andromaque 3.70 avg rating — 650 ratings — published 1667 — 47 editions	My rating:
	Britannicus (Petits Classiques Larousse) 3.62 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1669 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Bérénice, texte intégral 3.70 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1671 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Iphigenie 3.69 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1674 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Iphigenia / Phaedra / Athaliah by Jean Racine, E.F. Watling, John Cairncross (Translator) 3.59 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Three Plays of Racine: Phaedra, Andromache, and Brittanicus by Jean Racine, George (Translator) Dillon, George Dillon (Translation) 3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1961	My rating:
	Bajazet 3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Andromache; Britannicus; Berenice by Jean Racine, John Cairncross (Introduction) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Esther by Jean Racine, Georges Forestier 3.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Jean Racine

“Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.”
― Jean Racine

tags: comedy , emotions , feeling , life , thinking , tragedy

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“A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.”
― Jean Racine

tags: blood , death , sadness , tragedy

14 people liked it

“Présente je vous fuis; absente, je vous trouve;
Dans le fond des forêts votre image me suit”
― Jean Racine, Phèdre

tags: french , love , romance

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