The Merchant of Venice (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography
The Life of William ShakespeareBy William Shakespeare
Length15h 50m
About this audiobook
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Merchant of Venice (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice was probably written between 1596 and 1598, and was printed with the comedies in the First Folio of 1623. Bassanio, an impoverished gentleman, uses the credit of his friend, the merchant Antonio, to borrow money from a wealthy Jew, Shylock. Antonio pledges to pay Shylock a pound of flesh if he defaults on the loan, which Bassanio will use to woo a rich heiress, Portia. A subplot concerns the elopement of Shylock's daughter Jessica with a Christian, Bassanio's friend Lorenzo. Life of William Shakespeare is a biography of William Shakespeare by the eminent critic Sidney Lee. This book was one of the first major biographies of the Bard of Avon. It was published in 1898, based on the article contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. Sir Sidney Lee (1859 – 1926) was an English biographer and critic. He was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. His article on Shakespeare in the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography formed the basis of his Life of William Shakespeare. This full-length life is often credited as the first modern biography of the poet.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length15 hrs 50 mins
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Publish dateFeb 27, 2014
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Merchant of Venice (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare
17IX—THE PATRONAGE OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON
2DRAMATIS PERSONAE
18X—THE SUPPOSED STORY OF INTRIGUE IN THE SONNETS
3ACT 1.
19XI—THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMATIC POWER
4ACT 2.
20XII—THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE
5ACT 3.
21XIII—MATURITY OF GENIUS
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6ACT 4.
22XIV—THE HIGHEST THEMES OF TRAGEDY
7ACT 5.
23XV—THE LATEST PLAYS
8PREFACE
24XVI—THE CLOSE OF LIFE
9I—PARENTAGE AND BIRTH
25XVII—SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS
10II—CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION, AND MARRIAGE
26XVIII—AUTOGRAPHS, PORTRAITS, AND MEMORIALS
11III—THE FAREWELL TO STRATFORD
27XIX—BIBLIOGRAPHY
12IV—ON THE LONDON STAGE
28XX—POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION
13V.—EARLY DRAMATIC EFFORTS
29XXI—GENERAL ESTIMATE
14VI—THE FIRST APPEAL TO THE READING PUBLIC
30APPENDIX (pt. 1)
15VII—THE SONNETS AND THEIR LITERARY HISTORY
31APPENDIX (pt. 2)
16VIII—THE BORROWED CONCEITS OF THE SONNETS
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