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    125 Books
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    January 1600
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    November 2018
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    The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's comedic play about two enduring human illusions -- the dream of a simple life and the ideal of romantic love. 

    Banished from her uncle's court, young princess Rosalind disguises herself as ...



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    “I see two husbands, or mine eyes deceive me.”
    —The Comedy of Errors
     
    Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this raucous story of mistaken identity and famil...



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    The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio, and while it shares certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play...



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    ""The Winter's Tale" is high fantasy, a tale to be told by the fire! The play belongs to the type known as "tragicomedy", but Shakespeare has separated the tragedy from the comedy. The first part has the same kind of tragic development as "Othello"; ...



  • The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth is a history play by William Shakespeare, based on the life of Henry VIII of England....





  • Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the playFull explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the playScene-by-scene plot summariesA key to famous lines and phrasesAn introduc...





  • Experts in English Literature believe that William Shakespeare wrote his famous sonnets between 1595 and 1605. Literary critics also conclude that the great British playwright likely wrote Sonnets 1 to 126 for a talented, handsome young musician he g...






  • These two history plays -- one written in the early days of Shakespeare’s career and one at the very end -- are alike in the complexity of their political vision. King John probes the nature of good and evil as self-interest and ruthless ambition p...



  • Pericles
    The first of Shakespeare’s late romances moves spectacularly from one dramatic period to another as the hero, Pericles, sails off to adventure and love, and experiences what for him is a miracle.

    Cymbeline
    A favorite romantic ...



  • The Poems

    Shakespeare’s greatest achievement in nondramatic verse was his collection of 154 magnificent sonnets that portray a tumultuous world of love, rivalry, and conflict among a poet, an aristocratic young man, a rival poet, and a myste...



  • Three Early Comedies

    Love's Labor's Lost
    Farce and fun follow when a young king and his three friends vow to give up women for a year -- just as a pretty princess and her three ladies-in-waiting arrive -- in a delightful play that ends with...




  • Henry V is a historic play written by William Shakespeare, first published 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...



  • This book considers and illustrates the stage history of the play, and provides an account of the authorship controversy from the mid-nineteenth century, when John Fletcher's name was first put forward as a collaborator, to recent scholarship, which ...



  • Over 150 exquisite poems deal with love, friendship, the tyranny of time, beauty's evanescence, death, and other themes in language of remarkable power, precision, and beauty. Glossary of archaic terms....




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    Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies were written in a remarkably short period of time, between 1598 and 1606. Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear are each so singular an achievement that any rereading of them reinforces the awe an...






  • Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, King Henry V has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of Henry V aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to b...



  • A pair of twins are separated by a shipwreck, each believing the other has drowned. A lovesick duke woos a countess deep in mourning for her brother, while her rowdy household plots the downfall of her puritanical steward. Disguise, confusion, and mi...



  • We read Shakespeare line by line for his supernatural mastery of all the poetic resources of the English language, and play by play for his utterly human, utterly intimate feeling for our condition as individuals and as social beings.  Through th...



  • Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, King John has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of King John aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to br...



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    Shakespeare’s histories -- containing within their crowded tableaux all of the tragedies, confusions, and beauties of human life -- are not only drama of the highest order. They also serve as windows through which generations have made ...



  • William Shakespeare arrived at his splendid maturity as an artist in his second cycle of history plays. With their superb battle scenes; their magnificent major and minor characters; their stories of ambition, usurpation, guilt, and redemption; an...



  • Among Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is considered the jewel in the crown of a triumphant theatrical career. Now Kenneth Branagh plays the leading role and co-di...



  • Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600, it is likely to have been first performed in the autumn or winter of 1598-1599, and it remains one of Shakespeare's most enduring and exhilarating plays on stage. Sty...



  • Shakespeare’s skillful manipulation of events and people makes Richard III a chilling incarnation of the lure of evil and the temptation of power.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics w...



  • Shakespeare’s later comedies were written at the astonishing pace of about two plays a year. In them, he moves beyond the farce of his earlier comedies to richer and more varied dramas. These range from the famous “problem plays,” which blen...






  • William Shakespeare’s last four plays carry us across space and time -- from classical antiquity to Roman Britain to pagan Sicily to a remote island -- and they move as well into a wilder geography of the imagination, one dominated by the wondro...




  • Edward III is a major new addition to the Shakespearean canon. Melchiori claims that Shakespeare is the author of a significant part of the play, the extent of which is discussed in detail. The introduction explores the play's historical background a...



  • The Signet Classics edition of the tragedy that features one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters.

    A magnificent drama of passion and war, this riveting play presents the complicated relationship between the seductive, cunning Egyptian ...



  • A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challe...



  • Our Signet Classic Shakespeare Series was extensively revised in 1998. We offer the best of everything -- unforgettable works edited by eminent Shakespeare scholars, comprehensive notes on the text, an essay on Shakespeare's life and times, source ma...





  • (Applause Books). The Applause First Folio Editions compare the differences between the first printings and the best modern texts of Shakespeare's works, with special emphasis on issues relevant to each particular play. Footnotes discuss many of the ...



  • Shakespeare's poetic meditations on love

    Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' The language of Shakespeare's sonnets has become inseparable from the language of love in English; but the force and tenderness of these poems is undiminished b...



  • If there has ever been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be THE APPLAUSE FOLIO TEXTS. If there has ever been an accessible version of the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first t...






  • A funky, energetic multimedia approach to the Bard, in an integrated book, CD-ROM and web-linked package. Unabridged texts of each play. nCD-ROM activities cover character, plot, language and stage settings, with role-playing games and puzzles. nWeb-...



  • The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's vision of the Trojan War.

    This story of doomed love explores the relationship between Troilus, a prince of Troy, and Cressida, the daughter of a Trojan traitor. An unconvential tragedy set a...



  • This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preser...




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  • "For never was a story of more woe
    Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

    Romeo and Juliet is the tragic story of "star-crossed lovers" from feuding families. Complete with a masquerade ball, a duel, a secret marriage, a sleeping potion, and pushy ...



  • Henry the Fourth, Part 2, edited by Samuel B. Hemingway. With Notes and Appendices: "Sources for the Play," "The History of the Play," "Suggestions for Collateral Reading," "The Text of the Present Edition," and "Index of Words Glossed."...



  • Henry the Sixth, Part 1. Edited by Tucker Brooke. With Notes and Appendices: "Sources for the Play," "The History of the Play," "The Authorship of the Play," "Suggestions for Collateral Reading," "The Text of the Present Edition," and "Index of Words...



  • Included in this volume are "Venus and Adonis," "The Rape of Lucrece," "Sonnets," "A Lover's Complaint," and "The Passionate Pilgrim." Edited by William George Clarke, M.A., and William Aldis Wright, M.A....



  • Upon publication in 1997, The Norton Shakespeare set a new standard for teaching editions of Shakespeare's complete works.

    Instructors and students worldwide welcomed the fresh scholarship, lively and accessible introductions, helpful marginal ...






  • Lucrece is described as if she were a work of art, objectified in as if she were a material possession. Tarquin's rape of her is described as if she were a fortress under attack -- conquering her various physical attributes. Although Lucrece is raped...



  • "Pericles" from William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare, english poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist (1564-1616)....



  • The world may change -- but Shakespeare’s words are eternal. No writer has expressed the truth of our human condition with as much eloquence as he, or captured the essence of love quite as beautifully. Here, in a spectacular keepsake volume to tre...



  • The latest in the breakout series Manga Shakespeare, introducing teens to a new kind of Bard.Shipwrecks, long-lost families, and a powerful magician make Shakespeare’s masterpiece perfect for the Manga Shakespeare. Miranda and her father, Prospero,...



  • Shakespeare’s sonnets are lyrical, haunting, beautiful, and often breathtaking, representing one of the finest bodies of poetry ever penned. They demonstrate the writer’s skill in capturing the full range of human emotions within a carefully pres...



  • Written by Shakespeare and John Fletcher, this play tells the familiar story of a love triangle. Here, though, it seems distant and strange. The play is based on “The Knight’s Tale” in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Chaucer’s tale comes from a...



  • A BBC Radio production of Othello, starring Lenny Henry in the title role. Love, racism, jealousy and desire are at the emotional core of Shakespeare's monumental tragedy, a tender love story shattered by one man's obsessive hatred of another. Othell...



  • The terms of the loan are unusual, to say the least. If Antonio can't repay his debt on time, he will owe the grasping moneylender a pound of flesh! All seems hopeless- until a clever young woman named Portia dares to impersonate a judge at Antonio's...



  • Iago is bitter over the loss of an important job promotion. How can he get revenge? Aha! Nothing could hurt Othello worse than the ruin of his own marriage.Timeless Shakespearedesigned for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of ...




  • Timon of Athens or The Life of Tymon of Athens is a play by William Shakespeare. It is about the fortunes of an Athenian named Timon (and probably influenced by the philosopher of the same name). The central character is a well beloved citizen of Ath...



  • Includes the unabridged text of Shakespeare's classic play plus a complete study guide that helps readers gain a thorough understanding of the work's content and context. The comprehensive guide includes scene-by-scene summaries, explanations and dis...



  • Witness a tale of love, fairies, and betrayal in this classic tale retold in graphic-novel format. Theseus, duke of Athens is preparing for his marriage when Hermia, and her father, Egeus, burst into his court and beg for Theseuss judgment regarding ...



  • Retold in graphic-novel format, the epic tale of Julius Caesars rule over Rome. Brutus and Cassius, friends and supporters of Julius Caesar, brood and worry over his increasing ambitions. Caesars pursuit of power leads the two men to worry that Caesa...



  • The epic tale of Macbeth retold in graphic-novel format. Macbeth and Banquo are Scottish generals returning home from a victorious war campaign. Their journey is interrupted when three strange witches come upon them and predict their futures. They cl...



  • The tragic story of two star-crossed lovers from different worlds comes to life in graphic novel format. Romeo, from the Montague family, and Juliet, of the Capulet clan, fall deeply in love at first sight. Fearful of punishment from their respective...



  • A Midsummer's Night Dream is one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies--so why aren't you laughing? Let's face it..if you don't understand Shakespeare, then you are not alone. If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then we can help y...



  • The love affair between Cleopatra and Mark Anthony has been recounted many times--but none with the same tragic grandeur as William Shakespeare. Unfortunately, hundreds of years have made it difficult for many modern readers to see the sensual juicin...



  • This re-set edition of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare contains all the plays and poems; the plays are arranged in the chronological order of their composition, not gathered into comedies, histories and tragedies - the traditional method...



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  • The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and the defeat of the conspirators at the Battle of ...



  • RICHARD. Speak thou for me, and tell them what I did. Throwing down SOMERSET'S head] YORK. Richard hath best deserv'd of all my sons. But is your Grace dead, my Lord of Somerset? NORFOLK. Such hope have all the line of John of Gaunt RICHARD. Thus d...




  • The secret marriage of Desdemona, daughter of a powerful senator, and Othello, a general in the Venetian army and a Moor, stirs up a whirlwind of jealousy, of suspicions, passion, deception, and murder......



  • This prize-winning work provides a facsimile of the 1609 Quarto printed in parallel with a conservatively edited, modernized text, as well as commentary that ranges from brief glosses to substantial critical essays. Stephen Booth's notes help a moder...



  • 1. Book includes an over 40 page William Shakespeare biography2. Book includes 10 images to help capture Shakespeare's creative visionRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers...



  • Mischief is in the air when the King and Queen of the Fairies quarrel and Puck is left in charge of the love potion. Four young people are lost in the woods on midsummer’s night. Will they find each other and true love, or will Puck’s meddling le...



  • Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Enter ANTONY and CLEOPATRA, with their trains; Eunuchs fanning......



  • This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....



  • This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....



  • This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....




  • From Ophelia's lament for lost love to Ariel's joyful paean to fairy life, this elegant collector's edition encompasses songs from Shakespeare's plays as well as all of the Bard's sonnets. The book is graced with images by Charles Robinson, a well-kn...



  • " ...]Jonson's earliest comedy, and we have just learned that he was already reputed one of "our best in tragedy." Indeed, one of Jonson's extant comedies, "The Case is Altered," but one never claimed by him or published as his, must certainly have p...



  • This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....



  • Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Ye...



  • This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....



  • Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a play written (at least in part) by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite some questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Many modern editors bel...



  • Titus Andronicus may be Shakespeare's earliest tragedy; it is believed to have been written sometime between 1584 and the early 1590s. It depicts a Roman general who is engaged in a cycle of revenge with his enemy Tamora, the Queen of the Goths. The ...



  • Venus and Adonis is a poem by William Shakespeare, written in 1592-93, with a plot based on passages from Ovid's Metamorphoses. It is a complex, kaleidoscopic work, using constantly shifting tone and perspective to present contrasting views of the na...



  • In this edition of Shakespeare an attempt is made to present the greater plays of the dramatist in their literary aspect, and not merely as material for the study of philology or grammar. Criticism purely verbal and textual has only been included to ...



  • An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed love poems in the English canon, retold in contemporary language everyone can understand   James Anthony has long enjoyed poetry with a strict adherence to beat, rhythm, and rhyming pa...



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    All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare written  between 1601-1608. Originally classified as a comedy, though now often counted as one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or come...



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    CONTENTS The Tempest Two Gentlemen of Verona Merry Wives of Windsor Twelfth Night; or, What You Will Measure for Measure Much Ado About Nothing A Midsummer Night's Dream Love's Labour's Lost The Merchant of Venice As You Like It All's W...



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    Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, based on the life of the legendary Roman leader, Gaius Martius Coriolanus.Coriolanus was largely based on the Life of Coriolanus as it was described in Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans an...



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    Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Enter the QUEEN, POSTHUMUS, and IMOGEN....



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    Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken ...



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    Picking up where Henry IV, Part One left off after the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry IV, Part Two is the story of England's King Henry IV during his final months of life, his reconciliation with his wayward heir, and his eventual death....



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    All three parts of William Shakespeare's Henry VI are combined in this Signet Classics edition of the Bard's historical play.

    When his father dies, young Henry VI ascends to the English throne. What comes next is a complex, thrilling tale of r...



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    The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history, which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra...



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    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...



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    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...



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    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...



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    King Lear is a classic tale written by William Shakespeare. 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 pre-eminent dramat...



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    'What's done cannot be undone'
    Three weird sisters, an eerie prophecy and a lust for power start a spiral of betrayal which has disastrous consequences.

    Primary Classics, produced by the National Theatre's Discover pro...



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    Measure for Measure is a classic play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was originally classified as a comedy, but is now also classified as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The play deals with the issues of...



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    Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Enter JUSTICE SHALLOW, SLENDER, and SIR HUGH EVANS....



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    A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of...



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    Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are...



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    .Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, who...



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    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...



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    Othello was written by William Shakespeare and first published in 1603. Othello, The Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the short story "Moor of Venice" by Cinthio, believed to have been written in approximately 1603. The wor...



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    The plays collected here follow: the journeys of Pericles, Prince of Tyre; the political and romantic betrayals of Cymbeline - a chieftain of ancient times; and a work based on Chaucer''s The Knight''s Tale....



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    Considered one of Shakespeare's greatest history plays, The Tragedy of King Richard II concerns the ill-fated reign of a king whose eventual overthrow marks the beginning of Shakespeare's history cycle, including Henry IV, Part I, Henry IV Part II; a...



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    Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Enter Sampson and Gregory armed with swords and bucklers....



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    Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Lies down on the ground, and falls asleep....



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    This New Folger Library edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest puts readers in touch with current ways of thinking about Shakespeare. The freshly edited text is based directly on what the editors consider the best early printed version of the play. Inc...



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    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...



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    Easy to Read Shakespeare - Classic William Shakespeare Series - The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot ...



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    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...



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    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...



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    Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. SPEED. You mistook, sir; I say she did nod; and you ask me if she......



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William Shakespeare has published 125 books.

William Shakespeare does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Classic Love Poems, was published in November 2018.

The first book by William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, was published in January 1600.

No. William Shakespeare does not write books in series.