Project Gutenberg 2009-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 144 Hazlitt, William Carew 1834 1913 Hazlitt, W. Carew (William Carew) 17024759 Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Shakespeare Jest-Books" by William Carew Hazlitt is a collection of early jest books, written in the mid-19th century. This work provides a reprint of rare jest books believed to have influenced Shakespeare, including "A Hundred Mery Talys" and "Mery Tales and Quicke Answers." The content reflects the humor of the time, characterized by anecdotes and tales that often involve clever wordplay or humorous situations involving various characters. The opening of this collection includes an introduction that details the historical significance of these jest books, highlighting their role in shedding light on Shakespearean references and the societal attitudes of the Elizabethan era. It introduces various tales, such as amusing exchanges between characters and comical situations that reveal aspects of human behavior and folly. Through anecdotes involving priests, wives, and other characters, the stories aim to entertain while providing moral lessons, immersing readers in a time when storytelling was a popular form of entertainment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Sources Jestbooks, English PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 568437 568390 2024-10-12T17:27:07.634230 2023-09-13T07:59:54.883276 text/html text/html 586844 2021-01-05T11:48:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 218896 2021-01-05T11:48:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 322105 2024-10-12T17:27:23.493332 application/epub+zip 320329 2024-10-12T17:27:12.625184 application/epub+zip 274629 2024-10-12T17:27:10.490222 application/epub+zip 594235 2024-10-12T17:27:30.311125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 542211 2024-10-12T17:27:21.465144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392098 2022-09-13T17:53:07.280205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401565 401359 2024-10-12T17:27:05.369739 2023-09-13T07:59:52.919181 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 400801 2021-01-05T11:48:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 153204 2021-01-05T11:48:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 400883 2021-01-05T11:48:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153171 2021-01-05T11:48:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21894 2024-10-12T17:27:30.469102 application/rdf+xml 14572 2024-10-12T17:27:11.128207 image/jpeg 3757 2024-10-12T17:27:10.805194 image/jpeg 288364 2024-10-12T17:27:07.680232 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