by Alfred de Musset · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253039877
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«Lorenzaccio» is the five-act play by Alfred de Musset, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (256 pages, in French).
Set in Florence in 1537, the play shows Alessandro de' Medici as a tyrant sunk in wine and blood. His confidant Lorenzo, nicknamed the young mole, waits for the chance to kill him though he has lost faith that the gesture will suffice to save the city. Musset reflects on the corruption of power, freedom and identity, and shows how one tyrant merely succeeds another.
Edition from the Le Théâtre de Poche collection, with a preface by Daniel Mesquich and commentary and notes by Anne Ubersfeld. Drama in five acts composed in 1834.
Aimed at students in French scientific preparatory classes (2023-2024 syllabus), it is also standard reading in French literature studies.
Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle.
