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84, Charing Cross Roadby Helene Hanff, Frank Doel, Marks & CoISBN 0670290742 (0-670-29074-2)
Hardcover, Grossman
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› Find signed collectible books: '84, Charing Cross Road'Book summary:84, Charing Cross Road is a charming record of bibliophilia, cultural difference, and imaginative sympathy. For 20 years, an outspoken New York writer and a rather more restrained London bookseller carried on an increasingly touching correspondence. In her first letter to Marks & Co., Helene Hanff encloses a wish list, but warns, "The phrase 'antiquarian booksellers' scares me somewhat, as I equate 'antique' with expensive." Twenty days later, on October 25, 1949, a correspondent identified only as FPD let Hanff know that works by Hazlitt and Robert Louis Stevenson would be coming under separate cover. When they arrive, Hanff is ecstatic--but unsure she'll ever conquer "bilingual arithmetic." By early December 1949, Hanff is suddenly worried that the six-pound ham she's sent off to augment British rations will arrive in a kosher office. But only when FPD turns out to have an actual name, Frank Doel, does the real fun begin.
Two years later, Hanff is outraged that Marks & Co. has dared to send an abridged Pepys diary. "i enclose two limp singles, i will make do with this thing till you find me a real Pepys. THEN i will rip up this ersatz book, page by page, AND WRAP THINGS IN IT." Nonetheless, her postscript asks whether they want fresh or powdered eggs for Christmas. Soon they're sharing news of Frank's family and Hanff's career. No doubt their letters would have continued, but in 1969, the firm's secretary informed her that Frank Doel had died. In the collection's penultimate entry, Helene Hanff urges a tourist friend, "If you happen to pass by 84, Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me. I owe it so much." [via]
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Antony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul WerstineISBN 0671039164 (0-671-03916-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antony and Cleopatra'Book summary:The play that scholars see as a forerunner of the less comedies that followed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona remains one of the early Shakespeare finest achievements. A romp between two Veronese friends of this title, this classic romantic parody leaps to life. In Antony and Cleopatra, a grand drama of love and war, Shakespeare presents one of his greatest female characters -- the beautiful and cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
The New Folger Library editions feature introductions to Shakespeare's language, illustrations from the Folger collection, scene-by-scene plot summaries, and explanatory notes. Exhibiting a profound concern for stimulating a popular interest in the Elizabethan period, the esteemed and accessible Folger Library Shakespeare editions are favored by teachers, students, and scholars alike. [via]
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As You Like Itby William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul WestineISBN 0671722565 (0-671-72256-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'As You Like It'Book summary:In addition to the complete text of "As You Like it", this book includes: activities; a synopsis at the beginning of each act; notes opposite the text; photographs showing various productions of the play; and an introduction which places Shakespeare in context. [via]
Batman: The Doomsday Prophecyby Richard Wenk, Jose DelboISBN 0671683128 (0-671-68312-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Canterbury Talesby Geoffrey Chaucer, H. Lawrence Hoffman, David Williams, R.M. LumianskyISBN 0671727699 (0-671-72769-9)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Canterbury Tales'Book summary:Translation by R.M. Lumiansky [via]
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Canterbury Talesby LumianskyISBN 0671491288 (0-671-49128-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Canterbury Tales'Book summary:On a spring day in April--sometime in the waning years of the 14th century--29 travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Among them is a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oft-widowed wife from Bath. Travel is arduous and wearing; to maintain their spirits, this band of pilgrims entertains each other with a series of tall tales that span the spectrum of literary genres. Five hundred years later, people are still reading Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. If you haven't yet made the acquaintance of the Franklin, the Pardoner, or the Squire because you never learned Middle English, take heart: this edition of the Tales has been translated into modern idiom.
From the heroic romance of "The Knight's Tale" to the low farce embodied in the stories of the Miller, the Reeve, and the Merchant, Chaucer treated such universal subjects as love, sex, and death in poetry that is simultaneously witty, insightful, and poignant. The Canterbury Tales is a grand tour of 14th-century English mores and morals--one that modern-day readers will enjoy. [via]
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Charles Dickens' a Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0671006118 (0-671-00611-8)
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The Consolation of Philosophyby BoethiusISBN 0672602733 (0-672-60273-3)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Dream City : Race, Power and the Decline of Washington, D.Cby Harry Jaffe, Tom SherwoodISBN 0671768468 (0-671-76846-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Face-Timeby Erik TarloffISBN 0671039784 (0-671-03978-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Faust, Parts One and Twoby Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 0671478206 (0-671-47820-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust, Parts One and Two'Book summary:Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, "Faust" has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever. Here, in "Faust," "Part 1," the tremendous versatility of Goethe's genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe's characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches' Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen's tragic fate.
This newly revised edition, which offers Peter Salm's wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us "Faust" in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe's words. [via]
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George Orwell's 1984by Ralph A. RanaldISBN 067100719X (0-671-00719-X)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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The Gun Sellerby Hugh LaurieISBN 067102082X (0-671-02082-X)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gun Seller'Book summary:Hugh Laurie concocts an uproarious cocktail of comic zingers and over-the-top action in this "ripping spoof of the spy genre" (Vanity Fair) -- the irresistible tale of a former Scots Guard-turned-hired gun, a freelance soldier of fortune who also happens to be one heck of a nice guy.
Cold-blooded murder just isn't Thomas Lang's cup of tea. Offered a bundle to assassinate an American industrialist, he opts to warn the intended victim instead -- a good deed that soon takes a bad turn. Quicker than he can down a shot of his favorite whiskey, Lang is bashing heads with a Buddha statue, matching wits with evil billionaires, and putting his life (among other things) in the hands of a bevy of femmes fatales. Up against rogue CIA agents, wannabe terrorists, and an arms dealer looking to make a high-tech killing, Lang's out to save the leggy lady he has come to love...and prevent an international bloodbath to boot. [via]
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Henry James' the Portrait of a Ladyby Henry JamesISBN 0671006797 (0-671-00679-7)
Softcover, Monarch Notes
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Henry Vby William ShakespeareISBN 0671415212 (0-671-41521-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV'Book summary:Written between 1596 and 1597, Henry IV Part One represents Shakespeare's increasingly mature talent in staging the history of the early Tudor monarchy. Midway in the cycle of Shakespeare's History Plays, which begin with Richard II and ultimately culminate in his last play, Henry VIII, Henry IV Part One tells the story of the troubled reign of Henry IV following his deposition of Richard II. The historical action revolves around the attempt by Henry Percy (known as Hotspur) to overthrow Henry at the Battle of Shrewsbury. However, over half the play deals with the transformation of Henry's profligate son, Prince Hal (the future King Henry V), from tavern joker to national icon.
The whole play is stolen from its kings and princes by Shakespeare's greatest comic creation, the "fat-kidneyed rascal" Sir John Falstaff, king of his own dominions--the taverns and brothels of London's Eastcheap district. The tavern scenes of the play are some of the most evocative accounts of 16th-century popular London life. They revolve around the comical but ultimately sinister relationship between Falstaff and his young apprentice Hal, who learns to "so offend to make offence a skill" as he learns the slippery ropes of realpolitik and kingship. The play is considered by many to be the liveliest and most profound of Shakespeare's History Plays, and remains one of its most popular examples. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Henry V: ISBN 0671722638 (0-671-72263-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Henry V: ISBN 0671722654 (0-671-72265-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Henry IV: ISBN 0671415212 (0-671-41521-2)
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The History of Henry the Fourth, Part 1by William ShaespeareISBN 0671733559 (0-671-73355-9)
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A History of Violenceby DC Comics StaffISBN 0671004662 (0-671-00466-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyby Douglas AdamsISBN 0671746065 (0-671-74606-5)
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Iliad and Odyssey Gift Setby HomerISBN 0670779644 (0-670-77964-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad and Odyssey Gift Set'Book summary:This is a boxed gift edition of Fagles's two widely acclaimed translations of Homer.
The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to call it a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the 10th and final year of the Greek siege of Troy. The Odyssey is, quite simply, the story of Odysseus, who wants to go home. But Poseidon, god of oceans, doesn't want him to make it back across the wine-dark sea to his wife, Penelope, son, Telemachus, and their high-roofed home at Ithaca. The story is told in easy-going, beautiful poetry; the characters speak naturally, the action happens briskly. Even the gods come across as real people, despite the divine powers they exercise constantly. Both works have been hailed by scholars and the public for the powerful language that brings clashing, pulsing life to these ancient masterpieces. [via]
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J.D. Salinger's the Catcher in the Ryeby J. D. SalingerISBN 0671006916 (0-671-00691-6)
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BrontëISBN 067101479X (0-671-01479-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:Charlotte Brontë's impassioned novel Jane Eyre is the love story of a plain yet spirited governess and her employer, the arrogant and brusque Mr. Rochester. Published in 1847, under the pseudonym Currer Bell, the book featured a new kind of heroine -- one who manages to thrive on her integrity, intellect, and fullness of heart in order to overcome isolation, adversity, and class barriers. Over a century later, Jane Eyre is still regarded as one of the classic novels of English literature.
Pocket Books Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. This edition of Jane Eyre has been prepared by Laurie Langbauer, professor of English at the University of North Carolina. It includes her introduction, which contains essential biographical and historical background, textual notes, a selection of critical excerpts, and suggestions for further reading, as well as a unique visual essay of period illustrations and photographs. [via]
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Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcherby Bruce Coville, Gary A. LippincottISBN 0671747827 (0-671-74782-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671722719 (0-671-72271-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Julius Caesar'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Larousse French English Dictionaryby LarousseISBN 0671002775 (0-671-00277-5)
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Larousse's French-English English-French Dictionary: Dictionnaire Larousse Francais-Anglais, Anglais-FrancaisISBN 0671534076 (0-671-53407-6)
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Entirely revised and updated, this is the most affordable and complete French-English English-French dictionary of its kind. Now easier to read and access, with more than 50,000 definitions, it is designed expressly for the widest possible variety of interests and professions -- students, teachers, travelers, and home and office libraries.
You'll find keys to pronunciation, idioms, conjugations, and more, in both languages -- all here, in the finest resource of its kind.
FRANÇAIS-ANGLAIS
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Avec cette édition entièrement refondue et actualisée, découvrez le dictionnaire français-anglais anglais-français à la fois le plus complet et le plus économique de sa génération. Plus facile à consulter que jamais tout en offrant plus de 50 000 mots et expressions, il est utilisable par tous, en contexte scolaire aussi bien qu'en voyage, chez soi ou au bureau. De précieuses indications sur les difficultés des deux langues (prononciation, conjugaison, tournures idiomatiques...et bien plus encore) contribuent [via]
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Larousses French English English French Dictionaryby Marguerite-Marie DuboisISBN 0671458515 (0-671-45851-5)
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The Life of King Henry the Fifthby William ShakespeareISBN 0671727184 (0-671-72718-4)
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Life, the Universe and Everythingby Douglas AdamsISBN 0671739670 (0-671-73967-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life, the Universe and Everything'Book summary:Arthur Dent now finds himself living in a miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. Just as he thinks things could not possibly get any worse--they do. Third in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. 4 cassettes. [via]
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Measure for Measureby William ShakespeareISBN 067172276X (0-671-72276-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Measure for Measure'Book summary:A dark and difficult play, Measure for Measure has been a popular play since the latter half of the 20th century for its prescient dramatisation of the issues of sexual and political hypocrisy, and the ways in which the state interferes in the private lives of its citizens. Set in Duke Vincentio's Vienna, where poverty, disease and prostitution are rife, Claudio and his fiancée Juliet are arrested for having sex before marriage, and Claudio is sentenced to death. Angelo, the Duke's deputy, who stands in for the Duke whilst he ostensibly goes off on a pilgrimage, enthusiastically endorses the sentence. In fact the Duke remains behind the scenes, watching Angelo as he falls for Claudio's sister Isabella, who comes to beg for her brother's life. Angelo is a wonderful creation, loathsome yet fascinating as he struggles with the double standards of his enforcement of draconian laws whilst lusting after the sister of the man he is prepared to execute, debating "The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?".
No one is spared Shakespeare's withering look at the mores of early 17th-century life, not even the pimps and madams who try to get by in the midst of the Duke's bizarre and coercive disguises and performances. The deeply ambiguous ending of Measure for Measure confirms it as one of Shakespeare's most ambivalent and arguably despairing plays. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Merchant of Veniceby Laura LippmanISBN 0671006371 (0-671-00637-1)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Merchant of Venice'Book summary: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 - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition. [via]
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The Merchant of Veniceby William ShakespeareISBN 0671722778 (0-671-72277-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Merchant of Venice'Book summary:"Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?" Shylock's impassioned plea in the middle of The Merchant of Venice is one of its most dramatic moments. After the Holocaust, the play has become a battleground for those who argue that the play represents Shakespeare's ultimate statement against ignorance and anti-Semitism in favour of a liberal vision of tolerance and multiculturalism. Other critics have pointed out that the play is, after all, a comedy that ultimately pokes fun at a 16th-century Jew. In fact, the bare outline of the plot suggests that the play is far more complex than either of these characterisations. Bassanio, a feckless young Venetian, asks his wealthy friend, the merchant Antonio, for money to finance a trip to woo the beautiful Portia in Belmont. Reluctant to refuse his friend (to whom he professes intense love), Antonio borrows the money from the Jewish moneylender. If he reneges on the deal, Shylock jokingly demands a pound of his flesh. When all Antonio's ships are lost at sea, Shylock calls in his debt, and the love and laughter of the first scenes of the play threaten to give way to death and tragedy. The final climactic courtroom scene, complete with a cross-dressed Portia, a knife-wielding Shylock, and the debate on "the quality of mercy" is one of the great dramatic moments in Shakespeare. The controversial subject matter of the play ensures that it continues to repel, divide but also fascinate its many audiences. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671722794 (0-671-72279-4)
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A Midsummer Nights Dreamby Barbara A. Mowat, Paul WerstineISBN 0671042904 (0-671-04290-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'Book summary:The New Folger Library edition features brief and simple clarification of seventeenth-century language, scene-by-scene plot summaries, and explanatory notes illuminating obscure and obsolete expressions. [via]
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Moby Dickby Herman MelvilleISBN 0671028359 (0-671-02835-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:Herman Melville's peerless allegorical masterpiece is the epic saga of the fanatical Captain Ahab, who swears vengeance on the mammoth white whale that has crippled him. Often considered to be the Great American Novel, Moby-Dick is at once a starkly realistic story of whaling, a romance of unusual adventure, and a searing drama of heroic courage, moral conflict, and mad obsession. It is world-renowned as the greatest sea story ever told.
Moby-Dick, widely misunderstood in its own time, has since become an indubitable classic of American literature. [via]
Monarch Great Gatsbyby Stanley CoopermanISBN 0671006673 (0-671-00667-3)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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Monarch Notes on Dickens' Hard Timesby Paul M. OchojskiISBN 0671008234 (0-671-00823-4)
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Monarch Notes on Goethe's Faustby Paul MontgomeryISBN 0671005219 (0-671-00521-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monarch Notes on Goethe's Faust'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ... the proper company for his Cadaverousness. In a letter of 1780, Goethe playfully applies the name £rad)e to his friend Merck, who was also a gaunt man. 5671. iBJnrlcrlol', 'wooden cross'; in sarcastic allusion to the Lean Person's appearance. 5678. bctUCflt, 'excitedly'; adv. with entfctltett. 5681. llmfrfjiipytc = befcfjupte, 'scaly.' 5685-6. J)o6cn... fycrnitiictraticn. The dragons (without hands, hence the marvel) take the box, with Mephistopheles sitting on it, out of the chariot and bring it to (heron) where Faust is standing. 5691. ft!) fief lit, 'motley.' 56g6. jur GtnfomfeU. Cf. the words of the Poet in the Prelude, 11. 59 ff. 5706. ticrrnftjcu. Poetry is self-revelation, i.e., self-betrayal. Cf. the lines in the West-Ostlicher Divan, IX, 19: ®rft ficfi im fflefjetmnifs toteflcn, £mn ter)I(mtetn friif) unb fpatl SUcfjter ift umfonft Berf(6wieflen, Sidjten fel&ft ift fdjott Serratfj. 5712. (loltmcnt SBlitte; figurative for the red-golden liquid which rises in the pots and threatens to dissolve the jewels. 5717. ftJimeljen fid), 'are melting,' i.e.,' are on the point of melting,'--whence the need of seizing them quickly. 5718. ©emiinte SRoHcn, 'minted rolls,' i.e., coins. 5719. $u!aten... gepragt = OotbftiidCe tote getorfigte £ufatcn, 'pieces like genuine ducats.' But Schroer says tote geprtigt = hrie lieu ge« torogt. 573-©olb unb 2Bertfy; i.e., roerthtjolle? (roirfltd)e«) ©olb. 5735-6. The meaning is: What 's the use of truth for such as you, ever the ready victims of stupid illusion?--9ln alien 3tyfeltt patfctl, 'to lay hold of by every tag,' i.e., to lay hold of with all one's might. 5753-Oil' UltS all', 'all together,' 'every one of us.' Cf. Sltt OTe in 1. 8483+. 5761-2. Plutus as magician draws an... [via]
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Monarch Notes on Plato's the Republic and Selected Dialoguesby Leo RauchISBN 0671005057 (0-671-00505-7)
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Monarch Notes on Shakespeare's Sonnetsby Unicio J. VioliISBN 0671006533 (0-671-00653-3)
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Much Ado about Nothingby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671722808 (0-671-72280-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Much Ado about Nothing'Book summary:Like Love's Labour's Lost, Much Ado about Nothing shows Shakespeare moving into a more complex and darker terrain through his exploration of an apparently harmless comical romance. The play revolves around the adventures of the two gallants Claudio and Benedick at the court of Sicily. Claudio falls in love with the governor's daughter Hero, and is eager for his more misanthropic friend Benedick to also find love. Benedick is introduced to the fiery, independent Beatrice, and sparks soon fly as they banter with each other in a more wittier version of Kate and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew. Beatrice has some wonderful ripostes to marriage asking why should a woman marry "a clod of wayward marl", whilst Benedick grumbles that "She speaks poniards and every word stabs". Meanwhile, the jealous Don John convinces Claudio that Hero has in fact been unfaithful to him. When Claudio rejects Hero on their wedding day, she faints and is taken for dead. In the hectic final scenes the play moves towards reconciliation between Claudio and Hero, and the tentative admission of the love between Benedick and Beatrice. Famously filmed by Kenneth Branagh in the Tuscan countryside with a cast that included Keanu Reeves, Much Ado about Nothing remains one of Shakespeare's most successful comedies. --Jerry Brotton. [via]
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No Man's Landby Alan GrantISBN 067103829X (0-671-03829-X)
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The Odysseyby Homer, Samuel ButlerISBN 0671015486 (0-671-01548-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Robert Fagles's translation is a jaw-droppingly beautiful rendering of Homer's Odyssey, the most accessible and enthralling epic of classical Greece. Fagles captures the rapid and direct language of the original Greek, while telling the story of Odysseus in lyrics that ring with a clear, energetic voice. The story itself has never seemed more dynamic, the action more compelling, nor the descriptions so brilliant in detail. It is often said that every age demands its own translation of the classics. Fagles's work is a triumph because he has not merely provided a contemporary version of Homer's classic poem, but has located the right language for the timeless character of this great tale. Fagles brings the Odyssey so near, one wonders if the Hollywood adaption can be far behind. This is a terrific book. [via]
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Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671745824 (0-671-74582-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671638076 (0-671-63807-6)
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The Odyssey of Homerby HomerusISBN 0672614154 (0-672-61415-4)
Hardcover, Bobbs-Merrill Co
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The Ordinary Princessby M. M. KayeISBN 0671690132 (0-671-69013-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ordinary Princess'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The classic story of Princess Amy, gifted with ""ordinariness"" at her christening, who longs to be anything but a princess. [via]
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The Oresteiaby Aeschylus, Robert FaglesISBN 0670528323 (0-670-52832-3)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oresteia'Book summary:This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features the table of contents linked to every play. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.
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Translated by E. D. A. Morshead
The Oresteia (458 BC):
Agamemnon Translated by E. D. A. Morshead
The Libation Bearers (also known as Choephoroi) Translated by E. D. A. Morshead
The Eumenides (also known as The Furies) Translated by E. D. A. MorsheadThe Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. Though originally written as tetralogy, it is the only surviving example of a trilogy of ancient Greek plays; the fourth play, Proteus, a satyr play that would have been performed as finale, has not survived. The Oresteia was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize. Overall, this trilogy emblemizes the shift from a monarchal system of vendetta in Argos to a democratic system of litigation in Athens.
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Othelloby Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, William ShakespeareISBN 0671042890 (0-671-04289-0)
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Othelloby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara MowatISBN 0671722816 (0-671-72281-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Othello'Book summary:An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages. [via]
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The Portrait of a Ladyby Henry JamesISBN 0670871397 (0-670-87139-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Portrait of a Lady'Book summary:Alluring, high-spirited heiress Isabel is in Europe to seek her own destiny. Love, intrigue, and betrayal make this timeless American novel a profound and moving mirror of the human condition. Henry Jemes's masterpiece is captured afresh in this beautifully produced official tie-in edition to the fall 1996 movie starring Nicole Kidman and John Malkovich. [via]
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 0671015389 (0-671-01538-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:Autobiographical novel by James Joyce, published serially in The Egoist in 1914-15 and in book form in 1916; considered by many the greatest bildungsroman in the English language. The novel portrays the early years of Stephen Dedalus, who later reappeared as one of the main characters in Joyce's Ulysses (1922). Each of the novel's five sections is written in a third-person voice that reflects the age and emotional state of its protagonist, from the first childhood memories written in simple, childlike language to Stephen's final decision to leave Dublin for Paris to devote his life to art, written in abstruse, Latin-sprinkled, stream-of-consciousness prose. The novel's rich, symbolic language and brilliant use of stream-of-consciousness foreshadowed Joyce's later work. The work is a drastic revision of an earlier version entitled Stephen Hero and is the second part of Joyce's cycle of works chronicling the spiritual history of humans from Adam's Fall through the Redemption. The cycle began with the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and continued with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake (1939). [via]
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Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Text and Criticismby James JoyceISBN 0670566489 (0-670-56648-9)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Text and Criticism'Book summary:Autobiographical novel by James Joyce, published serially in The Egoist in 1914-15 and in book form in 1916; considered by many the greatest bildungsroman in the English language. The novel portrays the early years of Stephen Dedalus, who later reappeared as one of the main characters in Joyce's Ulysses (1922). Each of the novel's five sections is written in a third-person voice that reflects the age and emotional state of its protagonist, from the first childhood memories written in simple, childlike language to Stephen's final decision to leave Dublin for Paris to devote his life to art, written in abstruse, Latin-sprinkled, stream-of-consciousness prose. The novel's rich, symbolic language and brilliant use of stream-of-consciousness foreshadowed Joyce's later work. The work is a drastic revision of an earlier version entitled Stephen Hero and is the second part of Joyce's cycle of works chronicling the spiritual history of humans from Adam's Fall through the Redemption. The cycle began with the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and continued with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake (1939). [via]
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0671826573 (0-671-82657-3)
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Restaurant at the End of the Universeby Douglas AdamsISBN 0671701606 (0-671-70160-6)
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Richard IIby William Shakespeare, Paul WerstineISBN 0671722832 (0-671-72283-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Richard II'Book summary:"Now is the winter of our discontent," intones Richard, Duke of Gloucester at the beginning of Shakespeare's Richard III, one of his most abidingly popular plays, and one of the most chilling portrayals of political tyranny ever seen on stage. Richard emerges from the chaos which surrounds the reign of Henry VI, already dramatised by Shakespeare earlier in his career, determined to become king by removing his elder brother Edward IV by convincing him that their brother Clarence is plotting against the crown. The deaths of both Clarence and Edward take Richard inexorably towards the crown, and the series of murders and conspiracies that Richard masterminds confirms his claim that "I am determined to prove a villain". Richard's political and sexual charisma are truly chilling, and his seduction of Lady Anne, over her husband's corpse is one of the most disturbing scenes in Shakespeare. At another level, the play is also a strongly anti-Yorkist play, which has a vested interest in portraying Richard as such as vicious tyrant before seeing him toppled, ushering in a period of rule which prefigured the Tudor dynasty of which Elizabeth I was herself a part. The play has had a deep and lasting influence on audiences and writers; Brecht rewrote the play as The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, while both Laurance Olivier and Ian Mckellen have produced memorable film versions of Richard III, the latter updating the play into a 1930s fascist state ruled over by a Richard akin to Oswald Mosley. --Jerry Brotton [via]
Shakespeare Set Free Pt. 1: Hamlet and Henry IVby Peggy O'Brien, Jane Rosenman, William ShakespeareISBN 0671760483 (0-671-76048-3)
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Shakespeare's Sonnetsby William Shakespeare, Louis B. Wright, Virginia A. LamarISBN 0671669265 (0-671-66926-5)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems'Book summary:This new edition focuses on the Sonnets as poetry - sometimes strikingly individual poems, but often subtly interlinked in thematic, imagistic and other groupings. Gwynne Evans and Anthony Hecht also address the many questions that cast a veil of mystery over the genesis of the Sonnets: to what extent are they autobiographical? What is the nature of the 'love', strongly expressed, between the 'poet', the 'youth' and the 'Dark Lady'? Can they, apart from the poet, be identified? Who is the 'rival poet'? When were the Sonnets written and in what order? What were the circumstances surrounding their publication? [via]
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Shakespeare's the Taming of the Shrewby William ShakespeareISBN 0671006541 (0-671-00654-1)
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Shakespeare's the Winter's Taleby William ShakespeareISBN 0671006568 (0-671-00656-8)
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Shall We Tell the President?by Jeffrey ArcherISBN 0670639346 (0-670-63934-6)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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She Stoops to Conquerby Oliver Goldsmith, Harry ShefterISBN 0671509985 (0-671-50998-5)
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fishby Douglas AdamsISBN 0671745530 (0-671-74553-0)
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St Joan : A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue: Monarch Notesby Grace H. Schwartz, George Bernard ShawISBN 0671007254 (0-671-00725-4)
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Style: Ten Lessons In Clarity And Graceby Joseph M. WilliamsISBN 0673153932 (0-673-15393-2)
Hardcover, Scott, Foresman
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Superman: The Man of Steelby Andrew Helfer, Jose DelboISBN 0671643320 (0-671-64332-0)
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0671002740 (0-671-00274-0)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Tale of Two Cities'Book summary: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 process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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The Taming of the Shrewby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671722891 (0-671-72289-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Taming of the Shrew'Book summary:One of the most controversial and problematic of all of Shakespeare's plays, The Taming of the Shrew is a typical Elizabethan domestic comedy written around 1592. Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, arrives in Padua and announces to his friends that "I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; / If wealthily, then happily in Padua". He soon finds that a group of men keen to marry Bianca, the younger daughter of rich old Baptista, are frustrated by her elder, "shrewish" sister, Katherine. There is much subsequent hilarity as Bianca's suitors make a bet with Petruchio that he cannot "tame" and marry Katherine. Despite Katherine's protestations, Petruchio goes ahead with the match, using deliberately unorthodox behaviour to confuse Katherine (including a scene where he starves her), claiming that "this is the way to kill a wife with kindness". The play culminates with a scene of Katherine's apparently spontaneous subjection to her husband's will, where she places her hand beneath her husband's foot, and tells the other wives present that "thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper". The play's gratuitous scenes of women being abused and vilified in the name of "comedy" has made many directors and critics very uncomfortable with the play, and many feminist critics have condemned contemporary productions of the play as reproducing certain 16th-century stereotypes concerning women who speak out against male authority. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Tempestby William ShakespeareISBN 0671551787 (0-671-55178-7)
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However, the play is full of extraordinary anomalies and fantastic interludes, including Gonzalo's fantasy of a utopian commonwealth, Prospero's magical servant Ariel, and the "poisonous slave" Caliban. The creation of Caliban has particularly fascinated critics, who have noticed in his creation a colonial dimension to the play. In this respect Caliban can be seen as an American Indian or African slave, who articulates a particularly powerful strain of anti-colonial sentiment, telling Prospero that "this island's mine, by Sycorax my mother,/ Which thou tak'st from me". This has led to an intense reassessment of the play from a post-colonial perspective, as critics and historians have debated the extent to which the play endorses or criticises early English colonial expansion. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Thomas Hardy's the Return of the Nativeby Thomas HardyISBN 0671006185 (0-671-00618-5)
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The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Veniceby William ShakespeareISBN 0673157148 (0-673-15714-8)
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The Tragedy of Richard the Secondby William Shakespeare, Louis B. Wright, Virginia A. LamarISBN 0671531425 (0-671-53142-5)
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Transfer of Powerby Vince FlynnISBN 0671023209 (0-671-02320-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Transfer of Power'Book summary:A group of terrorists invades the White House -- taking hostages, leaving dozens dead, and driving the president to an underground bunker where he can't communicate with his government. Mitch Rapp, the CIA's top counterterrorism operative, sneaks into the executive mansion to take control and finds that the terrorists are the least of the president's -- and the nation's -- problems. [via]
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Utopia : A New Translation with an Introductionby Thomas More, Peter K. Marshall, J. A. ScottISBN 0671726536 (0-671-72653-6)
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The Winter's Taleby William ShakespeareISBN 0671669176 (0-671-66917-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Winter's Tale'Book summary: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 in a set, and each contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and glossary printed at the back. The edition, which began with The Tempest and ended with The Sonnets, put into practice the techniques and theories that had evolved under the 'New Bibliography'. Remarkably by today's standards, although it took the best part of half a century to produce, the New Shakespeare involved only a small band of editors besides Dover Wilson himself. As the volumes took shape, many of Dover Wilson's textual methods acquired general acceptance and became an established part of later editorial practice, for example in the Arden and New Cambridge Shakespeares. [via]
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The Winter's Tale : Texts and Contextsby William ShakespeareISBN 0671722972 (0-671-72297-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Winter's Tale : Texts and Contexts'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most haunting and enigmatic late plays, The Winter's Tale is a fine example of Shakespeare's fascination with the dramatic genre of "romance": the portrayal of magical lands, familial conflict and exile, and final reunion and reconciliation. Drawing on Robert Green's story Pandosto, Shakespeare play tells the story of the middle-aged Leontes, king of Sicilia, and his childhood friend Polixenes, the king of Bohemia. Leontes mistakenly believes that his friend is having an affair with his wife, Hermione. In his jealousy, and consumed by "tremor cordis", he tries to murder Polixenes, who flees, and accuses his wife of adultery. Hermione gives birth to a baby girl, Perdita, who Leontes denounces as illegitimate, and casts her out into the wilderness. Hermione is ultimately proved innocent, but her son, Mamillius, dies of grief. Hermione collapses, apparently dead, and Leontes is left to pick up the tragic consequences of his actions. Time passes, and the action moves to Bohemia, where the lost child Perdita has grown up a shepherdess in the midst of "great creating nature". The final scenes of the play draw towards resolution and reconciliation between Leontes, Hermione and their lost daughter, culminating in one of Shakespeare's most moving final scenes. One of Shakespeare's most consummate plays, The Winter's Tale is a fascinating study of male insecurity and the relations between art and nature. --Jerry Brotton. [via]
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