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Read Calderón’s La vida es sueño in Spanish, the complete play in verse. Level B2: Golden Age Spanish, long monologues and word play, with instant word translation.
Golden Age Spanish verse, 17th-century forms, vocabulary of fate, honour and illusion, philosophical monologue
This article contains the full text of La vida es sueño (1636), Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s play in verse about Prince Segismundo, raised in a tower because of a prophecy. Level B2 suits readers who can follow long speeches in Spanish and accept 17th-century forms; the verse makes it slower to read than the numbers suggest. You will learn the language of fate, honour and illusion, and how Golden Age verse works.
