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A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.
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Birth: | 22nd December, 1639 |
Death: | 21st April, 1699 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Playwright |
Jean Racine was born in La Ferté-Milon, Aisne, France. He was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, and an important literary figure in the Western tradition. He wrote several plays include: Les Plaideurs (comedy), Andromaque (tragedy), Britannicus (tragedy), Berenice (tragedy), Bajazet (tragedy), Iphigénie (tragedy), Phèdre (tragedy), Esther (muted tragedy), and Alexandre le Grand (tragedy).
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