Books by William Shakespeare

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Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare
333 pages - - New!

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is fiction and tragedy novel in which two people fall in love in their young age. William Shakespeare is the author of this classic novel. He is one of the greatest writer of all time and his books are translated into different languages. This was the world famous dramatic story in which young girl and boy fall in love for each other. The things are simple at the start but turns into in to complicated when their parents disapprove. The families are not ready to marry them and this broke their hearts. There are Capulets and Montagues who are interlinked in the blood feud. There are problems for every couple but in their case, they wanted to kill each other in the streets. Before there love, a lot of members were killed of both families and this is not stopped yet. They cannot see each other if there family knows about it, they will be dead soon. There is only way to stay together and that is death, both of them ready to be together forever and waiting seeing their death. This story make reader to believe it is true. It is best for teachers to make it read for the students as it also got the perfect literature.

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Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare
333 pages - - 1 MB New!

Julius Caesar is the short plays, tragic dramas and plays book that contains one of the most popular plays of the history written by Shakespeare. William Shakespeare is the author of this fascinating book. Shakespeare is one of the most famous literature writers of history. He has a massive fan following and that’s the reason he is still alive in the heart of people. His work is inspiring and he helps the country to promote their culture and language. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford, England. He was different from other guys at an early age. Just at the age of eighteen, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. He has three kids and two of them were girls. Unfortunately, his son died at an early age. Shakespeare works day and night in the theater world of London. He gains popularity as a poet and playwright. Shakespeare also performs in front of people and entertain people through his acting. Julius Caesar is one of the initial play that makes him popular among the others. This play performed in front of many people and it was also a Roman history. He tells people that the death of Caesar happened due to his friends and fellow politicians. There are thousands of debates of this story that keeps this play alive after five centuries.

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King Lear

by Ajit, William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowatt, Paul Werstine
333 pages - - 3 MB New!

“King Lear (Folger Shakespeare Library)” is an interesting and must-read play in which the author tells us that challenges and hardships come in your life to make your heart strong and to make you bold. This fantastic book is written by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowatt, and Paul Werstine. They are the world bestselling play and drama author and has written hundreds of dramas and plays for children and adult as well. Here the author tells us that there is a time for everything to come and go and each of them has their intensity and magnitude and the same is the case with the hardships and difficulties of life. The book makes us understand that there is a peak time for everything and then it starts declining and what you have to do is to make yourself strong and face all the challenges with courage and confidence. The book contains stories about the people and families who faced the harsh things like cruelty and injustice in their lives but didn’t lose hope and keep on trying to do their best to move out of the hardships. In summary, the book is highly inspiring, emotional, lesson giving, and attention-catching for the readers who love to read plays.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare
333 pages - - New!

Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns hot for Demetrius. Hermia and Lysander plan to flee from the city under cover of darkness but are pursued by an enraged Demetrius (who is himself pursued by an enraptured Helena). In the forest, unbeknownst to the mortals, Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of the faeries) are having a spat over a servant boy. The plot twists up when Oberon's head mischief-maker, Puck, runs loose with a flower which causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking. Throw in a group of labourers preparing a play for the Duke's wedding (one of whom is given a donkey's head and Titania for a lover by Puck) and the complications become fantastically funny.

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Four Great Tragedies

by William Shakespeare
333 pages - - New!

The greatest tragic plays of William Shakespeare--including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.What is tragedy? The Elizabethans defined it as a "lofty" play showing "personages of great state" caught up in a "lamentable" action that "beginneth prosperously and endeth unfortunately." Whether judged by this or any other standard, the plays selected for this collection are considered to be the four central works of Shakespearean tragedy and must be included in any list of the world's finest tragic literature.

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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare
333 pages - - New!

Many consider the tragedy of "Hamlet" to be Shakespeare's masterpiece and one of the greatest plays of all time. It has entertained audiences for centuries and the role of Hamlet is one of the most sought after by actors. It is the story of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark who learns of the death of his father at the hands of his uncle, Claudius. Claudius murders Hamlet's father, his own brother, to take the throne of Denmark and to marry Hamlet's widowed mother. Hamlet is sunk into a state of great despair as a result of discovering the murder of his father and the infidelity of his mother. Hamlet is torn between his great sadness and his desire for the revenge of his father's murder."Hamlet" is a work of great complexity and as such has drawn many different critical interpretations. Hamlet has been seen as a victim of circumstance, as an impractical idealist, as the sufferer of an Oedipus complex, as an opportunist wishing to kill his Uncle not for revenge but to ascend to the throne, as the sufferer of a great melancholy, and as a man blinded by his desire for revenge. The true motivations of Hamlet are complex and enigmatic and have been debated for centuries. Read this classic tragedy and decide for yourself where Hamlet's true motivations lie and how they influence his ultimate demise.

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Henry V

by William Shakespeare
333 pages - - New!

Henry V is Shakespeare’s most famous “war play”; it includes the storied English victory over the French at Agincourt. Some of it glorifies war, especially the choruses and Henry’s speeches urging his troops into battle. But we also hear bishops conniving for war to postpone a bill that would tax the church, and soldiers expecting to reap profits from the conflict. Even in the speeches of Henry and his nobles, there are many chilling references to the human cost of war.

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Macbeth

by William Shakespeare
333 pages - - New!

What he hears will change everything. Egged on by his wife, he decides to kill in order to gain the Scottish crown. How many people will have to die in Macbeth's pursuit of power? With armies, ghosts and magic against him, will Macbeth survive in this tale of greed and betrayal? Getting the crown is one thing - keeping it is quite another.Baker Street Readers are retellings of literary classics in 64 pages, with illustrations. These books make classic stories available to intelligent young readers as a bridge to the full texts and to language students wanting access to other cultures.

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The Oxford Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare
333 pages - - New!

Hailed by The Washington Post as "a definitive synthesis of the best editions" and by The Times of London as "a monument to Shakespearean scholarship," The Oxford Shakespeare is the ultimate anthology of the Bard's work: the most authoritative edition of the plays and poems ever published.Now, almost two decades after the original volume, Oxford is proud to announce a thoroughly updated second edition, including for the first time the texts of The Reign of Edward III and Sir Thomas More, recognizing these two plays officially as authentic works by Shakespeare. This beautiful collection is the product of years of full-time research by a team of British and American scholars and represents the most thorough examination ever undertaken of the nature and authority of Shakespeare's work. The editors reconsidered every detail of the text in the light of modern scholarship and they thoroughly re-examined the earliest printed versions of the plays, firmly establishing the canon and chronological order of composition. All stage directions have been reconsidered in light of original staging, and many new directions for essential action have been added. This superb volume also features a brief introduction to each work as well as an illuminating General Introduction. Finally, the editors have added a wealth of secondary material, including an essay on language, a list of contemporary allusions to Shakespeare, an index of Shakespearean characters, a glossary, a consolidated bibliography, and an index of first lines of the Sonnets.Compiled by the world's leading authorities, packed with information, and attractively designed, The Oxford Shakespeare is the gold standard of Shakespearean anthologies.