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"Civil Disobedience" is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, first published in 1849 under the title "Resistance to Civil Government." The work argues that individuals should refuse to comply with unjust laws or government policies, specifically protesting the institution of s...
"Adrienne Lecouvreur" is a five-act dramatic play written by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé that premiered in 1849. The narrative dramatizes the life, romantic entanglements, and mysterious death of the celebrated early 18th-century French actress Adrienne Lecouvreur. The play is notable for its s...
Gustave de Molinari's 1849 essay argues that security should be provided by the free market, making it a foundational text of anarcho-capitalism.
Luisa Miller is a three-act opera by Giuseppe Verdi, first performed in 1849, with an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano based on Friedrich Schiller's play Intrigue and Love. Set in the Tyrol, it follows the doomed relationship between Luisa, the daughter of a retired soldier, and Rodolfo, the...
Le prophète is a five-act French grand opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps, first performed at the Paris Opéra in 1849. Its fictionalized story follows Jean de Leyde, who is manipulated by Anabaptist leaders and proclaimed a prophet and king during the Mü...
