William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

6 Series

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), an English poet and playwright from Stratford-upon-Avon, is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. His works, which include collaborations with other playwrights, have been continuously studied, performed, and reinterpreted since his time. Shakespeare's reputation grew significantly in the 19th century, cementing his status as a literary legend.

Author: William Shakespeare Rewritten synopsis: In "Romeo and Juliet," the titular characters, from feuding families, fall deeply in love at first sight. Despite their families' enmity, they marry in secret, hoping to end the feud. However, a series of tragic misunderstandings leads to their untimely deaths. Their sacrifice ultimately reconciles the Montagues and Capulets, highlighting the destructive nature of hatred and the power of love.

Comedy Plays

The Tempest

(1593)

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

(1594)

The Merry Wives of Windsor

(1594)

Measure for Measure

(1594)

The Comedy of Errors

(1594)

Much Ado About Nothing

(1595)

Love's Labour's Lost

(1595)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

(1595)

The Merchant of Venice

(1598)

As You Like It

(1599)

The Taming of the Shrew

(1599)

All's Well That Ends Well

(1604)

Twelfth Night

(1605)

The Winter's Tale

(1605)

Pericles

(1606)

The Two Noble Kinsmen

(1634)

History Plays

King John

(1590)

Richard II

(1590)

Henry IV, Part I

(1590)

Henry IV, Part 2

(1590)

Henry V

(1591)

Henry VI, Part 1

(1596)

Henry VI, Part 2

(1597)

Henry VI, Part 3

(1597)

Richard III

(1597)

Henry VIII

(1597)

Edward III

(1598)

Tragedy Plays

Troilus and Cressida

(1592)

Coriolanus

(1593)

Titus Andronicus

(1594)

Romeo and Juliet

(1595)

Timon of Athens

(1596)

Julius Caesar

(1599)

Macbeth

(1600)

Hamlet

(1603)

King Lear

(1605)

Othello

(1605)

Antony and Cleopatra

(1606)

Cymbeline

(1610)

Collections

The Prince's Choice

(1995)

The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare

(1998)

The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare

(2000)

Poetry for Young People

Walt Whitman

(1977)(By: Walt Whitman)

Robert Frost

(1994)(By: Robert Frost)

Emily Dickinson

(1994)(By: Emily Dickinson)

Edgar Allan Poe

(1995)(By: Edgar Allan Poe)

Carl Sandburg

(1995)(By: Carl Sandburg)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

(1998)(By: )

Edna St. Vincent Millay

(1999)(By: Edna St. Vincent Millay)

Robert Louis Stevenson

(2000)(By: Robert Louis Stevenson)

William Shakespeare

(2000)

Lewis Carroll

(2000)(By: Lewis Carroll)

Rudyard Kipling

(2000)(By: Rudyard Kipling)

Edward Lear

(2001)(By: Edward Lear)

American Poetry

(2002)(By: John Hollander)

William Butler Yeats

(2002)(By: W.B. Yeats)

Robert Browning

(2003)(By: Robert Browning)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

(2003)(By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

William Wordsworth

(2003)(By: )

Alfred Tennyson

(2003)(By: Alfred Tennyson)

William Carlos Williams

(2003)(By: William Carlos Williams)

Animal Poems

(2004)(By: John Hollander)

Wallace Stevens

(2004)(By: Wallace Stevens)

The Seasons

(2004)(By: John N. Serio)

Langston Hughes

(2006)(By: Langston Hughes)

William Blake

(2007)(By: William Blake)

Poetry for Young People

(2007)(By: Maya Angelou)

African American Poetry

(2013)(By: Karen Barbour)

Anthologies

On Suicide: Great Writers on the Ultimate Question

(1992)

World's Greatest Poems

(2015)

Winter: A Folio Anthology

(2016)

The Greatest Books of All Time #4

(2017)

Writers: Their Lives and Works

(2018)

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