num_pages: 324
description: Cymbeline tells the story of a British king, Cymbeline, and his three children, presented as though they are in a fairy tale. The secret marriage of Cymbeline’s daughter, Imogen, triggers much of the action, which includes villainous slander, homicidal jealousy, cross-gender disguise, a deathlike trance, and the appearance of Jupiter in a vision.Cymbeline displays unusually powerful emotions with a tremendous charge. Like some of Shakespeare’s other late work—especially The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest—it is an improbable story lifted into a nearly mythic realm.
language: English
title: Cymbeline
titlecomplete: Cymbeline
characters: Cymbeline, King of Britain, Imogen, Cloten, Queen, Wife to Cymbeline
genres: Literature, British Literature, Classics, Drama, Plays, 17th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Theatre
ratings_count: 10425
publisher: Simon & Schuster