Product Description: Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. No Dust Jacket

Product Description: Shakespeare - The Complete Works Volume #1 of 6, The following is included in this volume - THE SONNETS, ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL, THE TRAGEDY OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS

Intended for the college student, this collection of the plays and poems is prefaced by extensive historical background and critical analysis

Product Description: WARWICK. I wonder how the King escap'd our hands. YORK. While we pursu'd the horsemen of the north, He slily stole away and left his men; Whereat the great Lord of Northumberland, Whose warlike ears could never brook retreat, Cheer'd up the drooping army, and himself, Lord Clifford, and Lord Stafford, all abreast, Charg'd our main battle's front, and, breaking in, Were by the swords of common soldiers slain...read more

The classic tragedy about the downfall of King Richard II is presented with critical commentary and historical background

Product Description: The "New Penguin Shakespeare" offers a complete edition of the plays and poems. "Henry IV, Part One" has been prepared from the original text, and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a full commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play.

Product Description: The stirring continuation of the themes begun in "Henry IV, Part One" again pits a rebellion within the State and that master of misrule, Falstaff, against the maturing of Prince Hal. Alternating scenes between bawdy tavern and regal court, between revelry and politics, Shakespeare probes at the sources, uses, and responsibilities of power as an old king dies and a young king must choose between a ruler's solemn duty and a merry but dissipated friend, Falstaff...read more

Product Description: Either you must Confess yourselves wondrous malicious; Or be accus\'d of folly…\' (Excerpt from Act 1)

Product Description: The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website. You can also preview the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a trial membership in the publisher's book club where they can select from more than a million books for free...read more

Product Description: This tragedy is about a prince and a woman who is playing hard to get. After finally winning her love, he discovers that she is not who he thought she was (and she's unfaithful). Love and war and the losses involved with a frustrated heart are the play's main themes.

Product Description: Stapled book contains Commentary, Complete Text, and Glossary plus a number of pen & ink drawings. Originally published under the title of "Hamlet: Complete Study Guide"

Product Description: KING. So shaken as we are, so wan with care, Find we a time for frighted peace to pant And breathe short-winded accents of new broils To be commenc'd in stronds afar remote...read more

No home library would be complete without this fine collection of all of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets.

The least known of Shakespeare's romances tells the story of the ups and downs in the life of the Mediterranean prince over the course of fifteen years.

Product Description: 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 individually and as a set, and each contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and glossary printed at the back...read more

Product Description: 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 text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language • An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play • Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books Essay by A...read more

Product Description: If there ever has 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 time in modern fonts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Rory was afraid of winter's darkness, a time he thought, when monsters come to life. So one day Rory makes a dragon. It comes to life to tell stories of knights and battles and Rory grows brave. But as spring comes, Rory sleeps peacefully and the Winter Dragon dreams of returning to his home...read more

Product Description: This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there...read more