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Pierre Corneille was a 17th-century French tragedian. Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth

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