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As You Like It

By William Shakespeare
Series: Folger Shakespeare Library
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As You Like It by William Shakespeare is a beloved comedy exploring themes of love, rebellion, and generosity. The story follows princesses Rosalind and Celia and their fool, Touchstone, as they flee into the Forest of Arden after political upheaval. There, they encounter a variety of vivid characters, including the exiled Duke Senior and his melancholy courtier Jaques, as well as the young lovers Rosalind and Orlando, both escaping treachery and exile. Through witty dialogue and engaging interactions, the play examines identity, nature, and human folly.
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Format: Paperback / softback
$3899

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This authoritative edition from the Folger Shakespeare Library is ideal for students, educators, and general readers interested in Shakespeare's language and dramatic artistry. Its detailed notes, modern insights, and comprehensive tools make it a valuable resource for those new to the play as well as seasoned Shakespeare enthusiasts.

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These mass market editions of six of Shakespeare's plays feature freshly edited text based on the best early printed versions of each play, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, an introduction to reading Shakespeare's language, and illustrations. Reissue.

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William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the incredible story about love, rebellion, and generosity, now presented by the Folger Shakespeare Library with valuable new tools for educators and dynamic new covers.

Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall in love, the princesses and Touchstone go into exile in the Forest of Arden, where they find new conversational partners.

Duke Frederick, younger brother to Duke Senior, has overthrown his brother and forced him to live homeless in the forest with his courtiers, including the cynical Jaques. Orlando, whose older brother Oliver plotted his death, has fled there, too.

The authoritative edition of As You Like It from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:

  • The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference
  • Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation
  • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
  • Full explanatory notes conveniently linked to the text of the play
  • Scene-by-scene plot summaries
  • A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases
  • An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language
  • An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
  • Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books
  • An annotated guide to further reading
  • An essay by a leading Shakespeare expert

Series: Folger Shakespeare Library

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781982109400

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Simon & Schuster

Contributors:

  • Edited by Dr. Barbara A. Mowat
  • Edited by Paul Werstine
  • Edited by Dr. Barbara A. Mowat
  • Edited by Paul Werstine
  • Edited by Dr. Barbara A. Mowat
  • Edited by Paul Werstine

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 424g

Pages: 368

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Arts & Culture Classic Poetry Non-Fiction Series: Folger Shakespeare Library William Shakespeare

About the Author

William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.

Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Research emerita at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Consulting Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare’s Romances and of essays on Shakespeare’s plays and their editing.

Paul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King’s University College at Western University. He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare’s plays.

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