Shakespeare: Life and Work
Author: first_name: Frederick James
last_name: Furnivall
first_name: John
last_name: Munro
Language: English
Year: 1908

William Shakespeare: actor, poet, playwright. He is often called England's greatest writer, the Bard of Avon, a national treasure. But who was he? An average boy, born to an average family of the period; a romantic and dreamer, tempted away from his rural home by the sights and sounds of the big city. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, here is one of the many studies of the bard's life and works.