William Shakespeare - Delphi Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Illustrated)

Features:* illustrated with hundreds of beautiful images relating to Shakespeares life, locations and works* annotated with concise introductions to the plays and other works* images of how the plays first appeared in print, giving your Kindle a taste of the Elizabethan texts* ALL 38 plays and each with their own contents table navigate easily between acts and scenes find that special quotation quickly!* even includes 17 apocryphal plays, with mysterious works such as THE BIRTH OF MERLIN and VORTIGERN AND ROWENA, available nowhere else* contains a special LOST PLAYS section, with concise information on Shakespeares lost works* includes the special bonus play of DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, which the critic Lewis Theobald claimed was Shakespeares lost play in 1727. Decide for yourself could this really be the long lost CARDENIO?* ALL the sonnets and other poetry, with excellent formatting in their own special contents table find that special sonnet quickly and easily!* even includes apocryphal poems available nowhere else, presented with brief introductions* special BONUS text of Charles and Mary Lambs adaptations for children, with their original Victorian artwork* EVEN includes a special SOURCES section spend hours exploring rare medieval texts that shaped Shakespeares greatest works. E.g. Thomas Kyds play that influenced HAMLET, Holinsheds Chronicles that inspired history plays and the great MACBETH and many more!* Geoffrey Chaucers classic works that inspired TROILUS AND CRESSIDA and TWO NOBLE KINSMEN* boasts no less than 5 biographies explore the bards mysterious life from multiple sources across history* the SPECIAL literary criticism section boasts 11 works by writers as varied as Samuel Johnson, Coleridge, Pope, Bernard Shaw and Tolstoy* scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres* a front MASTER table of contents, allowing easy navigation around Shakespeares oeuvre* includes a special Glossary of Elizabethan Language, which will aid your comprehension of difficult words and phrases* UPDATED with a complete re-editing of the plays formatting.Finally, the worlds greatest writer receives the scholarly Delphi treatment. Of course, there are many Shakespeare collections available on the Kindle, which is why we have made this edition, like all our other titles, the most comprehensive and scholarly works available, with superior formatting. This incredible eBook offers every Shakespearean play, poem, apocryphal work and much, much more! Now you can truly own all of Shakespeares works and a wealth of BONUS material on your Kindle, and all in ONE well-organised file.This eBook is quite simply stunning and deserves a place in the digital library of all lovers of literature.The PlaysALL 38 PLAYSThe Lost Playswith information and DOUBLE FALSEHOODThe SourcesLIST OF THE PLAYS SOURCESThe Apocryphal PlaysTHE BIRTH OF MERLINVORTIGERN AND ROWENA and many more!The AdaptationsTALES FROM SHAKESPEARE BY CHARLES AND MARY LAMBThe PoetryTHE SONNETSVENUS AND ADONIS and moreThe Apocryphal PoetryTO THE QUEEN and more!The CriticismPREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE AND NOTES ON PLAY BY SAMUEL JOHNSONON SHAKESPEARE BY LEO TOLSTOYEXTRACTS FROM WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BY VICTOR HUGOSHAKESPEARES ATTITUDE TOWARD THE WORKING CLASSES BY ERNEST CROSBYA LETTER BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAWand many more!The BiographiesSOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR BY NICHOLAS ROWESHAKESPEARE: HIS LIFE, ART, AND CHARACTERS BY HENRY NORMAN HUDSONLIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BY SIR SIDNEY LEESHAKESPEARES LOST YEARS IN LONDON BY ARTHUR ACHESONTHE PEOPLE FOR WHOM SHAKESPEARE WROTE BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNERShakespeares Last Will and TestamentGlossary of Elizabethan Language