Cymbeline
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2022
Language: eng
Subjects: Fathers and daughters -- Drama; Married people -- Drama; Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. -- Drama; Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Drama; Tragicomedy; Drama
Description: <p>King Cymbeline had plans to arrange the marriage between his daughter Imogen and his son-in-law Cloten. Instead, she secretly marries Posthumus Leonatus, a poor gentleman. Before Cymbeline banishes Posthumus, Imogen is gifted a beautiful bracelet that she vows never to remove, while Posthumus is given an expensive ring.</p> <p>While on his way to Rome, Posthumus meets Iachimo, who is heading to Britain, and the two make a bet: If Iachimo can seduce Imogen and provide proof of her adultery, Posthumus must hand over his ring.</p> <p><i>Cymbeline</i> is set in pre-Roman Britain during the 1st century AD. The plot is inspired by the story of King Cunobeline, most likely sourced from <i>Holinshed’s Chronicles</i>. <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-shakespeare">Shakespeare</a> also drew from other sources; <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/giovanni-boccaccio">Boccaccio’s</a> <i><a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/giovanni-boccaccio/the-decameron/john-payne">Decameron</a></i> tells of a similar wager involving hiding in a trunk.</p> <p>This Standard Ebooks edition is based on William George Clark and William Aldis Wright’s 1887 Victoria edition, which is taken from the Globe edition.</p>