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Deirdre of the sorrows

a play

by John Millington Synge

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Languages: English, French
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"Deirdre of the Sorrows" by J. M. Synge is a three-act play written in 1909. Based on Irish mythology, it tells the tragic story of Deirdre, a beautiful young woman raised to become the bride of an aging king. When she falls in love with the warrior Naoise instead, their forbidden romance sets ancient prophecies in motion. Left unfinished at Synge's death, the play explores themes of love, fate, and the choice between safety and passion in this haunting Celtic legend. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page, openlibrary, and project-gutenberg matched “Epic literature”, “epic literature”, “folklore”, and 3 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “legend” in the description, “Mythology” in the description, “Epic literature” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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Deirdre of the sorrows [a play]

1911J. W. LuceEnglish—Public

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1999-10-01Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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  • Open Library reports 16 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR5532 .D4
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