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Antony and Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's tragedy dramatizing the last days of Antony and Cleopatra.
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Love's Labor's Lost
by William Shakespeare
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 neglect by the theater and misuse by critics. In this new critical edition, Hibbard pays particular attention to this process of rehabilitation. Based on the quarto of 1598, and... (more)
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Henry IV, Part II
by William Shakespeare
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 IV, Part I
by William Shakespeare
"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 excellent courtly drama and battlefield action, with a riotous comedic subplot.
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The Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
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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An Instance of the Fingerpost
by Iain Pears
The setting is 1660's England. Oxford is the intellectual seat of the country. Robert Grove, a fellow of New College, is found dead amidst suspicious circumstances and a young woman is accused of his murder. Listeners hear about the events surrounding his death from four witnesses. Each tells his own version of what happened. Only one reveals the extraordinary truth. BOMC main selection. $150,000 marketing.... (more)
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Frankenstein
or, The Modern Prometheus
by Mary Shelley
A monster assembled by an eccentric scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
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As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
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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A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
A delightful, easily accessible comedy of misdirected attraction containing some of Shakespeare's loveliest verse.
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Paradise Lost
by John Milton
The Biblical fall of man is explored at length in John Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” Originally published in 1667, this tale of Satan’s expulsion from Heaven and his subsequent meddling with Adam and Eve is considered one of the greatest literary works of all time. Milton wrestles with a number of Theological questions, such as free will and the church’s power, with over ten thousand lines of verse.
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The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
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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Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
A comedy by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero.
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
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 to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place, using illusion and skillful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure to the island his... (more)
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
by William Shakespeare
Folger Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on the page facing each sonnet • A brief introduction to each sonnet, providing insight into its possible meaning • An index of first lines • An essay by Professor Lynne Magnusson, a leading Shakespeare scholar, providing a modern perspective on the poems • Illustrations from the... (more)
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Henry V
by William Shakespeare
Henry V is a Shakespearean history play by William Shakespeare, believed to be written in 1599. It is based on the life of King Henry V of England, and focuses on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War. The play is the final part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II, Henry IV, part 1 and Henry IV, part 2. The original audiences would thus have already been... (more)
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The Dream Of The Rood: An Old English Poem Attributed To Cynewulf
by Michael James Swanton
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because... (more)
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Twelfth Night
Or, What You Will
by William Shakespeare
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 music has not survived, James Walker has composed settings compatible with the surviving originals, freshly edited so that this edition, unique among modern editions, offers... (more)
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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...” With these famous words, Charles Dickens plunges the reader into one of history’s most explosive eras — the French Revolution. From the storming of the Bastille to the relentless drop of the guillotine, Dickens vividly captures the terror and upheaval of that tumultuous period. At the center is the novel’s hero, Sydney Carton, a lazy, alcoholic attorney... (more)
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare
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 Faerie Queene
by Edmund Spenser
"The Faerie Queene" was the first epic in English and one of the most influential poems in the language for later poets from Milton to Tennyson. Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser brilliantly united medieval romance and renaissance epic to expound the glory of the Virgin Queen. The poem recounts the quests of knights including Sir Guyon, Knight of Constance, who resists temptation, and Artegall, Knight of... (more)

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