Excerpt from Hernani: A Tragedy IN putting this work before the public, it is right that I should state exactly the extent of my indebted ness to Victor Hugo's Hernani. Let me say at once that this play is neither a trans lation nor, as we commonly understand the term, an adaptation of the French original. I have merely borrowed the story of Victor Hugo's drama, and, with the exception of a few lines, retold it in my own way. There is nothing cosmopolitan about the Drama. Sentiments and actions that appeal to the people ...
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Excerpt from Hernani: A Tragedy IN putting this work before the public, it is right that I should state exactly the extent of my indebted ness to Victor Hugo's Hernani. Let me say at once that this play is neither a trans lation nor, as we commonly understand the term, an adaptation of the French original. I have merely borrowed the story of Victor Hugo's drama, and, with the exception of a few lines, retold it in my own way. There is nothing cosmopolitan about the Drama. Sentiments and actions that appeal to the people of one country may make little or no appeal to the people of another. This is constantly proved by books and plays - which have been decidedly successful in the country of their conception proving quite un attractive when translated elsewhere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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