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15%OFFWilliam Shakespeare - As You Like It - 9780141396279 - 9780141396279
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As You Like It

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Description for As You Like It Paperback. When Rosalind is banished by her uncle Duke Frederick, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the forest of Arden where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves - Orlando, similarly forced into exile - and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings for her. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.

'All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players'­

Rosalind, banished by her cruel uncle, travels secretly to the Forest of Arden, where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves - now a fellow exile - and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings for her. One of Shakespeare's most sunny, fast-paced and accessible comedies, As You Like It is an exuberant combination of
concealed identities and verbal jousting, burlesque and pastoral dream, reconciliations and multiple weddings.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141396279
SKU
9780141396279
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Katherine Duncan-Jones is a Fellow of Somerville College. ... Read more

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