Project Gutenberg 1994-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 38662 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William The Complete Works of William Shakespeare "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare" by William Shakespeare is a collection of classic literary works written in the late 16th to early 17th centuries. This comprehensive anthology includes a wide range of genres, encompassing sonnets, comedies, histories, and tragedies, all showcasing Shakespeare's unparalleled mastery of language and character development. Important themes such as love, ambition, betrayal, and the complexities of human nature resonate throughout these timeless pieces. At the start of this collection, the reader is immediately introduced to Shakespeare's "Sonnets," which serve as an eloquent prelude to his themes of love and beauty. These opening verses explore the fleeting nature of beauty and time, with a poignant focus on the necessity of procreation to preserve youthful beauty. The sonnets address a young man of remarkable beauty and the poet's passionate urge for him to reproduce, emphasizing the tensions between self-love and the desire for legacy. Through rhythmic language and rich imagery, the sonnets present a universal contemplation on love, mortality, and the human experience, inviting readers to engage deeply with concepts that remain relevant today. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 PR Text Plays Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 7237914 7178558 2024-09-01T03:59:55.899452 2023-10-05T17:00:47.331860 text/html text/html 7394650 2024-01-18T11:25:29 text/html 2906575 2024-09-01T04:18:09.910614 application/epub+zip 2909748 2024-09-01T04:08:01.522364 application/epub+zip 2742825 2024-09-01T04:03:59.113622 application/epub+zip 5165807 2024-09-01T04:19:39.001161 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4476839 2024-09-01T04:10:12.863710 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4143773 2022-09-14T14:03:07.861440 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5638519 5642249 2024-09-01T03:59:20.410648 2023-10-05T17:00:13.024620 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 5618815 2024-01-18T12:20:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15963 2024-09-01T04:19:39.646147 application/rdf+xml 19916 2024-09-01T04:04:00.642647 image/jpeg 2950 2024-09-01T04:03:59.912623 image/jpeg 2656896 2024-09-01T03:59:56.482417 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia