The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Arranged in their chronological order
Subtitle: Volume One
Edition: Book Club edition
Series: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Volume One
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 570
Description: THE RICHEST HERITAGE of all English literature—the plays and poetry of the immortal Shakespeare—is gathered here in two special volumes. 

Here are the great historical dramas— Richard II, King Henry VI, King John— pageants of English history which, even today, stir audiences the world over. Here are the incomparable tragedies —Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear and Othello, illuminating man's life and destiny. Here is the tender romance — Romeo and Juliet, the silvery fancy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the humor of the boisterous comedies—the thirty-seven plays which have contributed so immeasurably to the culture of the world. 

Included also are the hundred and fifty- four sonnets and the long poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. 

Each play has a special introduction adapted from the Shakespearean Primer of Professor Dowden. There are no footnotes to interfere with the reader's enjoyment of every page, but a glossary is provided at the end to clarify obsolete words and phrases. 

These two handsome volumes are a superb addition to the library of every well- educated person.
--front flap
Table of contents: title: Trrus ANDRONICUS.; title: KING HENRY VI., PART I.; title: LOVE's LABOUR'S LOST.; title: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS.; title: THE Two GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.; title: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT's DREAM.; title: KING HENRY Vl., PART 11.; title: RICHARD III.; title: ROMEO AND JULIET.; title: RICHARD II.; title: KING JOHN.; title: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.; title: KING HENRY IV., PART I.; title: 11.; title: KING HENRY V.; title: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.; title: THE MERRY WrvEs OF WINDSOR.; title: MUCH Am ABOUT NOTHING.; title: As YOU LIKE IT.; title: TWELFTH NIGHT.