The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

ISBN 10: 0719600006 / ISBN 13: 9780719600005

Published by Abbey Library, 1972

About this Item

dj faded & torn on spine and covers, discolouration due to age.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
• Publisher: Abbey Library
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719600006
• ISBN 13: 9780719600005
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 16 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This complete and unabridged edition contains every word that Shakespeare wrote ? all 37 tragedies, comedies, and histories, plus the sonnets. You?ll find such classics as The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew. This Library of Literary Classics edition is bound in padded leather with luxurious gold-stamping on the front and spine, satin ribbon marker and gilded edges. Other titles in this series include: Charlotte & Emily Bronte: The Complete Novels; Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Works; Mark Twain: Selected Works; Charles Dickens: Four Complete Novels; Lewis Carroll: The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works; and Jane Austen: The Complete Novels.

About the Author

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1564. The date of his birth is not known but is traditionally 23 April, St George's Day. Aged 18, he married a Stratford farmer's daughter, Anne Hathaway. They had three children. Around 1585 William joined an acting troupe on tour in Stratford from London, and thereafter spent much of his life in the capital. A member of the leading theatre group in London, the Chamberlain's Men, which built the Globe Theatre and frequently performed in front of Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare wrote 36 plays and much poetry besides. He died in 1616.