The Complete Works of William Shakespeare arranged in chronological order
Subtitle: Volume Two
By: edited by W.G. Clark and W. Aldis Wright, with an introduction to each play, adapted from the Shakespearean Primer of Professor Dowden
Contributors: Clark, William George, 1821-1878; Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914
Edition: Book club ed.
Series: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare arranged in chronological order, Volume Two
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday
Published: 19--?
Place of publication: Garden City, NY, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Subjects: English drama; English literature; Collections; English poetry
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 lohn - 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.
- from the dust jacket front flap