The Histories And Poems Of William Shakespeare

This Modern Library edition presents all ten histories--each complete and unabridged--in the Shakespearean canon, along with notes and glossary. Here are: King John Richard II Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II Henry V Henry VI, Part I Henry VI, Part II Henry VI, Part III Richard III Henry VIII Included also are the Bard's great narrative poems: Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, the two works that first established Shakespeare's reputation, plus all 154 of his sonnets. Presented as well are A Lover's Complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim, and The Phoenix and the Turtle.

The greatest sonnets ever written, by the greatest poet and playwright in the English language

This Modern Library edition presents all ten histories---each complete and unabridged---in the Shakespearean canon, along with notes and glossary. Here are: King John, Richard II, Henry IV Parts I and II, Henry V, Henry VI Parts I and II and III, Richard III, and Henry VIII.

Shakespeare's superb narrative poems and sonnets give us the most direct connection we possess to the movements of reflection and emotion in our greatest writer. The poems provide endlessly illuminating evidence about the person who occupies the center of our literary civilization. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.