William Shakespeare

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Published: 01/01/1970
ISBN: 9781848702189

The Best of William Shakespeare – The Tragedies

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Wordsworth Classics’ new ‘Best of’ series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price.

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer to ever exist, in the English language. His entire lifework consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 longer narrative poems, and a handful of additional verses, some of indeterminate authorship. His plays have been translated into every major current language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright, past or present.

Shakespearean tragedies will almost definitely contain a flawed yet gallant protagonist, who finds himself in a traumatic predicament of sorts and has a tendency to come to a fatal end. Such plays include: Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Othello and Macbeth.

This collection contains:- Hamlet; King Lear; Macbeth; Othello; Romeo and Juliet