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Internally book is clean. A history of his life, his will, dedication from the 1632 folio and an introduction to each play. The text of the plays corrected by the manuscript emendations contained in the original folio of 1632. Glossarial and explanatory notes. Black and white engravings. Red... read more
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Troilus and Cressida
by William Shakespeare (Author)With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first century. Each volume...
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Coriolanus
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Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare (Author)Aging warrior Titus Andronicus returns to Rome to bury his sons after claiming victory over the Goths with Gothic Queen Tamora and her three sons as captives. The newly-dead Roman emperor's two sons, Saturninus and Bassianus, compete for their...
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Timon of Athens
by William Shakespeare (Author)"The New Penguin Shakespeare" offers a complete edition of the plays and poems. Each volume has been newly prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a commentary, and a short account of the...
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Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare (Author)Famous tragedy deals with the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, his assassination, and the defeat of the conspirators by Marc Antony and Octavius Caesar.
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Macbeth
by William Shakespeare (Author)Shakespeare's tragic play of deception, intrigue and murder. After hearing the prophecy of three witches a Scottish noble plots the murder of his king in order to obtain the throne.
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Hamlet
by William Shakespeare (Author)The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in the Kingdom of Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts...
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King Lear
by William Shakespeare (Author)Gripping account of the tragedy of King Lear and his daughters, exactingly researched with the help of the Folger Library. Black-and-white illustrations.
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Othello
by William Shakespeare (Author)Othello is duped by the evil Iago into thinking that his wife Desdemona has been unfaithful. This leads to tragic consequences.
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Antony and Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare (Author)Shakespeare's tragedy dramatizing the last days of Antony and Cleopatra.
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Cymbeline
by William Shakespeare (Author)The play’s (circa 1610) highly complicated plot involves a wager on a wife’s faithfulness. Based on Holinshed’s account the twelfth century king, the play contains much moving verse.
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King John
by William Shakespeare (Author)An edition of Shakespeare's "King John" which includes a lengthy introduction, an extensive commentary and suggested further reading.
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King Richard II
by William Shakespeare (Author)Historical tragedy depicting conflict between Henry Bolingbroke and England's King Richard II.
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Henry IV, Part I
by William Shakespeare (Author)"King Henry IV, Part I" is one William Shakespeare's classic historical English dramas. The narrative revolves around the rebellion against King Henry IV led by the Welshman Glendower and the Percies. "King Henry IV, Part I" is a play with...
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Henry IV, Part II
by William Shakespeare (Author)A historical play completing the description of the reign of Henry IV. As Hal (Henry V) ascends to the throne, he repudiates his misspent youth by banishing Falstaff from his presence.
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Henry V
by William Shakespeare (Author)This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features the table of contents linked to every act and scene. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other...
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Henry VI, Part 1
by William Shakespeare (Author)The classic Shakespeare history play. According to Wikipedia: "William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's...
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Henry VI, Part 2
by William Shakespeare (Author)The second play in Shakespeare's 'First Tetralogy,' this work continues the fictionalized account of King Henry VI's reign. It commences with the marriage of Henry VI with the French noblewoman Margaret of Anjou, whose influence in court is...
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Henry VI, Part 3
by William Shakespeare (Author)Henry watches helplessly as his realm tears itself apart in civil war. The Yorkists have been temporarily victorious, but the Lancastrians, led by Margaret, Henry's wife, counter-attack. As the innocent and guilty both die, Richard, Duke of...
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Richard III
by William Shakespeare (Author)Richard III is a History written by English playwright William Shakespeare, who is widely considered to be the greatest writer of the English language. Richard III is about a King who makes enemies out of his friends in an attempt to make his...
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Henry VIII
by William Shakespeare (Author)This is the first fully annotated modern-spelling edition of King Henry VIII to appear for over a decade and includes up-to-date scholarship on all aspects of the play, including dating authorship, printing, sources and stage history. The...
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare (Author)The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots...
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare (Author)In this Shakespeare comedy, two former friends are rivals for the hand of Sylvia, whose father wants her to marry the foolish and cowardly Thurio.
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare (Author)Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and...
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Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare (Author)Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was (and continues to be) classified as comedy, but its mood defies those expectations. As a result and for a variety of reasons, some...
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The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare (Author)In this Shakespeare comedy, Antipholus of Syracuse searches for his identical twin brother. Adding to the confusion, each brother has an slave named Dromio, and the Dromios are also indistinguishable twins.
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Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare (Author)A comedy by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero.
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Love's Labor's Lost
by William Shakespeare (Author)Love's Labour's Lost, now recognized as one of the most delightful and stageworthy of Shakespeare's comedies, came into its own both on the stage and in critical esteem only during the 1930s and 1940s--after nearly three hundred years of...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare (Author)A delightful, easily accessible comedy of misdirected attraction containing some of Shakespeare's loveliest verse.
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The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare (Author)The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the...
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As You Like It
by William Shakespeare (Author)A pastoral comedy following its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court, accompanied by her cousin Celia and Touchstone the court jester, to find safety and eventually love in the Forest of Arden.
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The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare (Author)A Shakespeare comedy. The beautiful Bianca is courted by many suitors, but her bad-tempered sister Kate frightens young men away. Then Kate is courted by Petruchio, who begins "the taming of the shrew"...chaos ensues.
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All's Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare (Author)FOLGER Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the...
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Twelfth Night
Or, What You Will
by William Shakespeare (Author)In the modern theater, Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays, and this edition places particular emphasis on its theatrical qualities in both the introduction and the full and detailed commentary. Where original...
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The Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare (Author)Comedy? Late romance? Problem play? However one classifies it, "The Winter's Tale" is filled with comedy and intense psychological drama.
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre
by William Shakespeare (Author)John Dover Wilson's New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work is available both...
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The Two Noble Kinsmen
by William Shakespeare (Author)Two valiant knights fight for the hand of Theseus’ sister-in-law in this romantic drama based on a story first told in Boccaccio’s “Teseida.”
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Sonnets
by William Shakespeare (Author)Classic sonnets dealing with such themes as the passage of time, love, beauty, and immortality.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
- - The greatest collection of prose and poetry in the English-language. A must have for any library.
First Sentence edit
THIS play, indisputably one of the earliest complete productions of Shakespeare's mind, was first printed in the folio of 1623, where, owing to the arbitrary manner in which the dramas are disposed, it is preceded by The Tempest, assuredly one of the poet's latest creations.
Table of Contents edit
General Introduction
The Comedies
The Histories
The Tragedies
The Romances
The Poems
Appendix 1: Canon, Dates, and Early Texts
Appendix 2: Sources
Appendix 3: Shakespeare in Performance
The Royal Genealogy of England
Maps
Bibliography, Suggestions for Reading and Research
Textual Notes
Glossary, Shakespearean Words and Meanings of Frequent Occurrence
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
This is book 14 of 95 in Telegraph Top 100 Books, 2008. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Catch-22, and followed by Rebecca.
This book is in Heritage Press. (edition-based publisher list)
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- William Shakespeare (Author)
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- Project Gutenberg: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Project Gutenberg provides The Complete Works of William Shakespeare to read online, or to download for free in its entirity in a variety of eBook formats. (N.B. - If file size is a consideration, the individual plays and sonnetts are also available to download for free.)
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