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The complete works of william shakespeare spring books 1932 hardback. His first novel for adults, doubtfire, was published in 1967. One of the early editors of shakespeares works, sir thomas hanmer 16771746 was a speaker of the house of commons between the years 1714 and 1715. This site has offered shakespeares plays and poetry to the internet community since 1993. William 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 worlds preeminent dramatist. Books have clickable table of content, which includes not only links to the beginnings of books, but in many cases also to single chapters. Shakespeare wrote at least 38 plays and over 150 short and long poems, many of which are considered to be the finest ever written in english. It is wellknown that the first references in print that seemed to connect william shakespeare of stratforduponavon to the playwright william shakespeare appeared in the first collection of his. George steevenss complete works of shakespeare was originally published in. Book, titled the complete works of william shakespeare with introduction by barry cornwall bryan walter procter.
Apr 02, 2020 the complete dramatic and poetical works of william shakespeare. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of hamlet, king lear, othello and macbeth as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as a midsummer nights dream, the taming of the shrew and as you like it with their magical combination of humour, ribaldry and. Please note, that books listed below are not entirely complete works, but all works that were published so far on project gutenberg. So how did he become the supreme deity of poetry, drama. His childrens books include taliesin, march has horses ears, and beowulf.
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