Project Gutenberg 2010-12-30 Public domain in the USA. 85 Curling, Henry 1803 1864 William Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical Tale Reading ease score: 64.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works from the University of Michigan Digital Libraries.) "William Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical Tale" by Henry Curling is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The narrative unfolds during the time of Queen Elizabeth I, detailing the formative years of William Shakespeare as he navigates early adulthood, encounters the beauty Charlotte Clopton, and becomes embroiled in the vibrant society of his era. The book promises to explore the interplay of Shakespeare's personal life, his interactions with significant historical figures, and the rich cultural backdrop of Elizabethan England. At the start of the tale, we meet a young William Shakespeare, portrayed as a spirited and intelligent youth full of yearning and creativity. While taking a morning stroll through the lush forests of Warwickshire, he reflects on the beauty of nature and his aspirations, setting the stage for his character's poetic sensibilities. The opening chapter introduces the first hints of conflict when Shakespeare narrowly escapes an attack by a vengeful forester before being thrust into a dramatic incident involving Charlotte Clopton's runaway horse, which he bravely rescues her from. This act of heroism establishes the beginning of his connection with the Clopton family and foreshadows the intertwining of their fates in the shadow of historical events and personal ambitions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1051450 1051465 2024-10-14T14:52:42.245971 2023-09-15T08:26:56.816046 text/html text/html 1058929 2021-01-07T08:43:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 391722 2021-01-07T08:43:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 496684 2024-10-14T14:52:59.144871 application/epub+zip 513680 2024-10-14T14:52:47.312905 application/epub+zip 482681 2024-10-14T14:52:45.457919 application/epub+zip 932282 2024-10-14T14:53:08.294787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 909802 2024-10-14T14:52:57.639870 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 836497 2022-09-16T05:08:19.571868 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 994577 994341 2024-10-14T14:52:39.554953 2023-09-15T08:26:54.286101 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 994279 2021-01-07T08:43:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 382435 2021-01-07T08:43:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 994278 2021-01-07T08:43:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 382365 2021-01-07T08:43:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21699 2024-10-14T14:53:08.437802 application/rdf+xml 18779 2024-10-14T14:52:46.054886 image/jpeg 4012 2024-10-14T14:52:45.754901 image/jpeg 482309 2024-10-14T14:52:42.340904 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