William Shakespeare 
Delphi Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Illustrated) 

Finally, the world’s greatest writer receives the scholarly Delphi treatment. This incredible e Book offers every Shakespearean play, poem, apocryphal work and much, much more! Now you can truly own all of Shakespeare’s works and a wealth of BONUS material on your e Reader, and all in ONE well-organised file. (Version 6)



* concise introductions to the plays and other works

* images of how the plays first appeared in print, giving your e Reader a taste of the Elizabethan texts

* ALL 38 plays and each with their own contents table – navigate easily between acts and scenes – find that special quotation quickly!

* even includes 17 apocryphal plays available nowhere else

* contains a special LOST PLAYS section, with concise information on Shakespeare’s lost works

* includes the special bonus play of DOUBLE FALSEHOOD

* ALL the sonnets and other poetry, with excellent formatting, in their own special contents table – find that special sonnet quickly and easily!

* packed full of hundreds of beautiful images relating to Shakespeare’s life, locations and works

* EVEN includes a special SOURCES section – spend hours discovering rare medieval texts that shaped Shakespeare’s greatest works.

* INCLUDES no less than 5 biographies – explore the bard’s mysterious life from multiple sources across history

* the SPECIAL literary criticism section boasts 11 works by writers as varied as Samuel Johnson, Coleridge, Pope, Bernard Shaw and Tolstoy

* scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

* includes a special ‘Glossary of Elizabethan Language’, which will aid your comprehension of difficult words and phrases

* UPDATED with line numbers to all 38 plays, in response to customers’ requests

* UPDATED with a special Quotations section, with hundreds of famous quotations from the plays and poetry



This e Book is quite simply stunning and deserves a place in the digital library of all lovers of literature.



CONTENTS



The Plays

ALL 38 PLAYS



The Lost Plays

LOVE’S LABOUR’S WON

CARDENIO

DOUBLE FALSEHOOD



The Sources

LIST OF THE PLAYS’ SOURCES



The Apocryphal Plays

ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM

THE BIRTH OF MERLIN

KING EDWARD III

LOCRINE

THE LONDON PRODIGAL

THE PURITAN

THE SECOND MAIDEN’S TRAGEDY

SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE

THOMAS LORD CROMWELL

A YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY

SIR THOMAS MORE

FAIR EM

MUCEDORUS

THE MERRY DEVIL OF EDMONTON

EDMUND IRONSIDE

THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK

VORTIGERN AND ROWENA



The Adaptations

TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE BY CHARLES AND MARY LAMB



The Poetry

THE SONNETS

VENUS AND ADONIS

THE RAPE OF LUCRECE

THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM

THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE

A LOVER’S COMPLAINT



The Apocryphal Poetry

TO THE QUEEN

A FUNERAL ELEGY FOR MASTER WILLIAM PETER

SONNETS TO SUNDRY NOTES OF MUSIC



The Criticism

PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE AND NOTES ON PLAY BY SAMUEL JOHNSON

NOTES TO COMEDIES BY SAMUEL JOHNSON

A STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE BY ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE

and many more!



The Biographies

SHAKESPEARE: HIS LIFE, ART, AND CHARACTERS BY HENRY NORMAN HUDSON

and many more!



Shakespeare’s Last Will and Testament



Resources:

Quotations

Glossary of Elizabethan Language