num_pages: 252
description: No Fear Shakespeare puts Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English—the kind of English people actually speak today. ebook (online read) can be found here Renowned as Shakespeare's most boisterous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew is the tale of two young men, the hopeful Lucentio and the worldly Petruchio, and the two sisters they meet in Padua. Lucentio falls in love with Bianca, the apparently ideal younger daughter of the wealthy Baptista Minola. But before they can marry, Bianca's formidable elder sister, Katherine, must be wed. Petruchio, interested only in the huge dowry, arranges to marry Katherine -against her will- and enters into a battle of the sexes that has endured as one of Shakespeare's most enjoyable works.
language: English
title: The Taming of the Shrew
titlecomplete: The Taming of the Shrew
genres: Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Comedy, Classics, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 168409
series: The 30-Minute Shakespeare
publisher: SparkNotes