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This book collect the complete works of william shakespeare, include comedies, histories, tragedies and poems, such as hamlet, romeo and juliet, macbeth, king lear, othello, a midsummer nights dream, the merry wives of windsor, the merchant of venice,henry iv, henry v, henry vi, richard ii, richard iii, the sonnets, etc. Buy the complete works of william shakespeare special. Some editions include several works which were not completely of shakespeare s authorship collaborative writings, such as the two noble kinsmen, which was a collaboration with john fletcher. You stand there before us as a living symbol of a society whose capacity to. This edition of the complete works of william shakespeare includes commissioned introductions to each of the plays and poems by a team of academics, including john jowett and philip hobsbaum, with a read more. William shakespeare complete works introduction by william allan neilson and a life of shakespeare by halliwellphillips. Complete works of shakespeare 5th edition by shakespeare and david bevington. The complete works of william shakespeare in plain and.
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