Life Is a Dream

A 1636 Spanish play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, about a Polish prince whose life explores the idea that worldly existence is an illusion and true reality lies in the eternal.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic plays›Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan plays›Renaissance and Golden Age plays (to 1700)

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Bibliophiles›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic plays›Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan plays