William Shakespeare

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1) Macbeth

Author

Shakespeare, William

Series

No fear Shakespeare
The Pelican Shakespeare

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Book, Audiobook CD, eBook, Playaway

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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

2) Julius Caesar

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Shakespeare , William

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Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Although Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar is named after the legendary Roman political leader, the central character is thought by many to be Marcus Brutus, Caesar's friend turned foe who struggles throughout the play with conflicting obligations of friendship and duty. While Caesar is warned in a prophecy to "beware the Ides of March" the Roman senators, including Brutus are secretly plotting his assassination, hoping to rid Rome of the

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3) A midsummer night's dream

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Shakespeare, William

4) Macbeth

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Shakespeare, William

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5) King Lear

Author

Shakespeare, William

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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King Lear is considered one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. King Lear decides to step down and divide his kingdom between his three daughters. When his youngest and favorite daughter refuses to compete and perform her love for him, he is enraged and disowns her. She remains loyal to him, however, though he slides into madness and his other children betray him.

6) Henry VI: Part 3

Author

Shakespeare, William

Series

New Folger Library Shakespeare

Pub. Date

2009

Physical Desc

lx, 321 p. : ill., geneal. tables ; 18 cm.

7) As you like it

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Shakespeare, William

8) The two gentlemen of Verona

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Shakespeare, William

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Works

9) Much ado about nothing

Author

Shakespeare, William

Series

New Folger Library Shakespeare
Shakespeare made easy

10) Antony and Cleopatra

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Shakespeare, William

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11) Othello

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Shakespeare, William

12) Antony and Cleopatra

Author

Shakespeare, William

Pub. Date

[2014]

Physical Desc

3 audio discs (2 hr., 25 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.

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Antony and Cleopatra is Shakespeare's late and epic tragedy of mature love and the catastrophic fall from grace and power that it brings about. Irresistibly drawn together, the couple is surrounded by friends, enemies, admirers, and critics, none of who remain unscathed by the folly and heartbreak of this magnificent pair. As empires clash around them, their destiny seems inevitable: to love each other 'til death--and even beyond.

13) The tragedy of Macbeth

Author

Shakespeare, William

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eAudiobook, Large Print

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William Shakespeare's shortest-but one of his most popular-tragedies features a man who will do anything to fulfill a prophecy that will lead him to become the King of Scotland. Fresh from battle, Macbeth and his companion Banquo come across three witches who tell of great power that is in store for Macbeth. Driven by their prophecy and aided by his wife, Macbeth sets out on a journey that is wrought with deceit, murder, and suffering to acquire the...

14) Shakespeare's sonnets and poems

Author

Shakespeare, William

Pub. Date

2006

Physical Desc

xix, 684 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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The language of Shakespeare's Sonnets, like that of poetry in general, is both highly compressed and highly structured. While most often discussed in terms of its images and its metrical and other formal structures, the language of the Sonnets, like that of Shakespeare's plays, also repays close attention to such basic linguistic elements as words, word order, and sentence structure. Shakespeare's words: Because Shakespeare's sonnets were written...