{"product_id":"9781908909404","title":"Delphi Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Illustrated)","description":"Finally, the world's greatest writer receives the scholarly Delphi treatment. Of course, there are many Shakespeare collections available for eReaders, which is why we have made this edition, like all our other titles, the most comprehensive and scholarly works available. This incredible eBook offers every Shakespearean play, poem, apocryphal work and much, much more! Now you can truly own all of Shakespeare's works and a wealth of BONUS material on your eReader, and all in ONE well-organised file. (Current version: 5)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease visit delphiclassics.com to browse through our vast range of titles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeatures:\u003cbr\u003e* concise introductions to the plays and other works\u003cbr\u003e* images of how the plays first appeared in print, giving your eReader a taste of the Elizabethan texts\u003cbr\u003e* ALL 38 plays and each with their own contents table - navigate easily between acts and scenes - find that special quotation quickly!\u003cbr\u003e* even includes 17 apocryphal plays, with mysterious works such as THE BIRTH OF MERLIN and VORTIGERN AND ROWENA, available nowhere else\u003cbr\u003e* contains a special LOST PLAYS section, with concise information on Shakespeare's lost works\u003cbr\u003e* includes the special bonus play of DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, which the critic Lewis Theobald claimed was Shakespeare's lost play in 1727. Decide for yourself - could this really be the long lost CARDENIO?\u003cbr\u003e* ALL the sonnets and other poetry, with excellent formatting, in their own special contents table - find that special sonnet quickly and easily!\u003cbr\u003e* even includes apocryphal poems available nowhere else, presented with brief introductions explaining their history\u003cbr\u003e* packed full of hundreds of beautiful images relating to Shakespeare's life, locations and works\u003cbr\u003e* special BONUS text of Charles and Mary Lamb's adaptations for children, with their original Victorian artwork\u003cbr\u003e* EVEN includes a special SOURCES section - spend hours discovering rare medieval texts that shaped Shakespeare's greatest works. E.g. Thomas Kyd's play that influenced HAMLET, Holinshed's Chronicles that inspired history plays and the great MACBETH and many more!\u003cbr\u003e* ENJOY Geoffrey Chaucer's classic works that inspired plays such as TROILUS AND CRESSIDA and TWO NOBLE KINSMEN\u003cbr\u003e* INCLUDES no less than 5 biographies - explore the bard's mysterious life from multiple sources across history\u003cbr\u003e* the SPECIAL literary criticism section boasts 11 works by writers as varied as Samuel Johnson, Coleridge, Pope, Bernard Shaw and Tolstoy\u003cbr\u003e* scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres\u003cbr\u003e* includes a front MASTER table of contents, allowing easy navigation around Shakespeare's immense oeuvre\u003cbr\u003e* includes a special 'Glossary of Elizabethan Language', which will aid your comprehension of difficult words and phrases\u003cbr\u003e* UPDATED with a complete re-editing of the plays' formatting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis eBook is quite simply stunning and deserves a place in the digital library of all lovers of literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eALL the Plays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lost Plays\u003cbr\u003eLOVE'S LABOUR'S WON\u003cbr\u003eCARDENIO\u003cbr\u003eDOUBLE FALSEHOOD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Sources\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF THE PLAYS' SOURCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Apocryphal Plays\u003cbr\u003eARDEN OF FAVERSHAM\u003cbr\u003eTHE BIRTH OF MERLIN\u003cbr\u003eKING EDWARD III\u003cbr\u003eLOCRINE\u003cbr\u003eTHE LONDON PRODIGAL\u003cbr\u003eTHE PURITAN\u003cbr\u003eTHE SECOND MAIDEN'S TRAGEDY\u003cbr\u003eSIR JOHN OLDCASTLE\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS LORD CROMWELL\u003cbr\u003eA YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY\u003cbr\u003eSIR THOMAS MORE\u003cbr\u003eFAIR EM\u003cbr\u003eMUCEDORUS\u003cbr\u003eTHE MERRY DEVIL OF EDMONTON\u003cbr\u003eEDMUND IRONSIDE\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS OF WOODSTOCK\u003cbr\u003eVORTIGERN AND ROWENA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Adaptations\u003cbr\u003eTALES FROM SHAKESPEARE BY CHARLES AND MARY LAMB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Poetry\u003cbr\u003eTHE SONNETS\u003cbr\u003eVENUS AND ADONIS\u003cbr\u003eTHE RAPE OF LUCRECE\u003cbr\u003eTHE PASSIONATE PILGRIM\u003cbr\u003eTHE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE\u003cbr\u003eA LOVER'S COMPLAINT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Apocryphal Poetry\u003cbr\u003eTO THE QUEEN\u003cbr\u003eA FUNERAL ELEGY FOR MASTER WILLIAM PETER\u003cbr\u003eSONNETS TO SUNDRY NOTES OF MUSIC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Criticism\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE AND NOTES ON PLAY BY SAMUEL JOHNSON\u003cbr\u003eNOTES TO COMEDIES BY SAMUEL JOHNSON\u003cbr\u003eNOTES TO TRAGEDIES BY SAMUEL JOHNSON\u003cbr\u003eEIGHTEENTH CENTURY ESSAYS ON SHAKESPEARE EDITED BY D. NICHOL SMITH\u003cbr\u003eA STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE BY ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE\u003cbr\u003eSHAKESPEARE BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE\u003cbr\u003eCHARACTERS OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS BY WILLIAM HAZLITT\u003cbr\u003eTESTIMONY OF THE SONNETS AS TO THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS AND POEMS BY JESSE JOHNSON\u003cbr\u003eON SHAKESPEARE - BY LEO TOLSTOY\u003cbr\u003eEXTRACTS FROM WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BY VICTOR HUGO\u003cbr\u003eSHAKESPEARE'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE WORKING CLASSES BY ERNEST CROSBY\u003cbr\u003eA LETTER BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Biographies\u003cbr\u003eSOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR BY NICHOLAS ROWE\u003cbr\u003eSHAKESPEARE: HIS LIFE, ART, AND CHARACTERS BY HENRY NORMAN HUDSON\u003cbr\u003eLIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BY SIR SIDNEY LEE\u003cbr\u003eSHAKESPEARE'S LOST YEARS IN LONDON BY ARTHUR ACHESON\u003cbr\u003eTHE PEOPLE FOR WHOM SHAKESPEARE WROTE BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShakespeare's Last Will and Testament\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlossary of Elizabethan Language\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Delphi Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132006220016,"sku":"9781908909404","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908909404_p0.jpg?v=1763622244","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908909404","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}