Project Gutenberg 2014-03-13 Public domain in the USA. 151 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Clark, William George 1821 1878 Clarke, William George Clark, W. G. (William George) Wright, William Aldis 1831 1914 Wright, W. Aldis (William Aldis) The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9] Much ado about nothing -- Love's labour's lost -- A midsummer-night's dream -- The merchant of Venice -- As you like it. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9]" by Shakespeare is a collection of plays written in the late 16th to early 17th century. This volume includes well-known works such as "Much Ado About Nothing," "Love's Labour's Lost," "A Midsummer-Night's Dream," "The Merchant of Venice," and "As You Like It." Shakespeare's writing explores themes of love, conflict, and human nature through complex characters and witty dialogue, engaging readers with both comedic and dramatic elements. At the start of "Much Ado About Nothing," we are introduced to the vibrant setting of Messina and a cast of characters, including Lord Benedick, Lady Beatrice, and the thoughtful Claudio. The scene opens with the arrival of Don Pedro, who comes to visit Governor Leonato. Central to the action, Claudio's infatuation with Leonato's daughter, Hero, and the playful yet contentious relationship between Benedick and Beatrice set the stage for themes of love, deception, and wit. The dialogue is rich with banter, indicating the character dynamics while suggesting the romantic entanglements that will unfold throughout the play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45128/45128-h/images/cover.jpg en English drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1997454 1997462 2024-09-19T04:15:29.102253 2023-09-19T15:30:47.268131 text/html text/html 1897017 2014-03-13T13:26:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 559948 2014-03-13T13:29:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 606589 2024-09-19T04:16:24.465376 application/epub+zip 646645 2024-09-19T04:15:37.255125 application/epub+zip 590956 2024-09-19T04:15:32.904124 application/epub+zip 1457684 2024-09-19T04:16:51.854256 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1303245 2024-09-19T04:16:19.600417 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1242122 2022-09-20T15:24:12.031451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 955592 2024-09-19T04:15:15.297276 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 963149 2014-03-13T13:26:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 353880 2014-03-13T13:29:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 955275 2014-03-13T13:27:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 352560 2014-03-13T13:29:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21010 2024-09-19T04:16:52.129296 application/rdf+xml 12426 2024-09-19T04:15:33.639127 image/jpeg 2175 2024-09-19T04:15:33.285188 image/jpeg 570012 2024-09-19T04:15:29.235169 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 en.wikipedia