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All's Well That Ends Well Paperback – 14 June 2001

by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Author)
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The daughter of a renowned physician pursues her passion for an elusive bridegroom through a comic maze of mistaken identities, betrayals, repentance, and dramatic revelation. An extraordinary combination of romantic melodrama and outright farce. Virtuous maidens, vulgar soldiers, and witty fools populate this extraordinary play, a lively romp that ranges from low farce to moments of great insight. Although the play is a romantic comedy, Shakespeare offers some serious and thought-provoking dramatic fare before fulfilling the promise of the title. In the fine tradition of the Bard's plucky heroines, All's Well That Ends Well concerns Helena, the daughter of a renowned physician, and her dauntless passion for the elusive Bertram, Count of Rousillon. Risking her very life for the opportunity to choose Bertram as her husband, Helena's bid for Bertram's hand turns out to be only the beginning of a series of trials and tribulations. Finally, at the end of a comic maze of mistaken identities, betrayals, repentance, and dramatic revelations, Helena's efforts to corral her unwilling lover achieve joyful fulfillment. An ambiguous work in which mirthful entertainment is interwoven with a powerful subtext condemning class prejudice, this play possesses a singular combination of amusement and profundity that has intrigued scholars and theatergoers for four centuries.
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    0486415937
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    978-0486415932
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    Dover Publications
  5. Publication date
    14 June 2001
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    12.7 x 0.64 x 20.96 cm
  8. Print length
    96 pages
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; Reprint edition (14 June 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486415937
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486415932
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 0.64 x 20.96 cm
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William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and was baptised on 26 April 1564. Thought to have been educated at the local grammar school, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he went on to have three children, at the age of eighteen, before moving to London to work in the theatre. Two erotic poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece were published in 1593 and 1594 and records of his plays begin to appear in 1594 for Richard III and the three parts of Henry VI. Shakespeare's tragic period lasted from around 1600 to 1608, during which period he wrote plays including Hamlet and Othello. The first editions of the sonnets were published in 1609 but evidence suggests that Shakespeare had been writing them for years for a private readership.

Shakespeare spent the last five years of his life in Stratford, by now a wealthy man. He died on 23 April 1616 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. The first collected edition of his works was published in 1623.

(The portrait details: The Chandos portrait, artist and authenticity unconfirmed. NPG1, © National Portrait Gallery, London)

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My twelve year old son has really enjoyed reading all of Shakespeare's plays... thank you.
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James Yanni
3.0 out of 5 stars Mid-range Shakespearean romantic comedy.
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In rating this book three stars, I'm comparing it to other Shakespearean plays; compared to the general run of books available, it would probably rate five stars, and certainly at least four. But it's not in the top bracket of Shakespeare's comedies; it's flaws are nothing unique to itself, but are simply the problems inherent in many of his comedies, more noticeable here than in some others.

The biggest problem I have with this story is that I simply cannot watch it or read it without becoming overly focussed on the question, "What in the world does she see in him?" Helena goes to great lengths to gain Bertram as a husband; we never see what, exactly, he has done to earn her attraction, but surely, whatever it is can't possibly justify maintaining that interest after he demonstrates conclusively that he is a lying, arrogant, philandering scum with no consideration at all for meeting his responsibilities like a man. Why in the world would any woman smart enough to trap such a man with the traps she sets WANT him?

I've always had issues with Shakespeare's concept of romantic love; this play is not the worst in that regard, but it's far from the best.
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