As You Like It

These mass market editions of six of Shakespeare's plays feature freshly edited text based on the best early printed versions of each play, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, an introduction to reading Shakespeare's language, and illustrations. Reissue.

About the author

William Shakespeare; Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine

Summary

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the incredible story about love, rebellion, and generosity, now presented by the Folger Shakespeare Library with valuable new tools for educators and dynamic new covers.

Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall in love, the princesses and Touchstone go into exile in the Forest of Arden, where they find new conversational partners. Duke Frederick, younger brother to Duke Senior, has overthrown his brother and forced him to live homeless in the forest with his courtiers, including the cynical Jaques. Orlando, whose older brother Oliver plotted his death, has fled there, too.

The authoritative edition of As You Like It from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:

-The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference
-Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation
-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
-Full explanatory notes conveniently linked to the text of the play
-Scene-by-scene plot summaries
-A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases
-An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language
-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books
-An annotated guide to further reading
-An essay by a leading Shakespeare expert

Product details

• Authors: William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Dr. Barbara A. Mowat (Editor), Paul Werstine (Editor), Werstine Paul (Editor)
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2019
• EAN: 9781982109400
• ISBN: 978-1-982109-40-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 213 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 424 g
• Series: Folger Shakespeare Library; Folger Shakespeare Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, FICTION / Classics, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, DRAMA / Shakespeare, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Shakespeare Plays, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, Classic plays / drama