The Merry Wives of Windsor
$22.75
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
18 November 2015
Summary
Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin Classics livery.
In need of money, the fat and foolish Falstaff devises a scheme to seduce two married women and steal their husbands’ wealth. By talking to each other, however, the wives soon discover his plan and begin to plot their own revenge. Relentlessly inventive, this comic humiliation of a foolish would-be seducer is a lively, compelling and ultimately joyous celebrati…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141396576 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141396571 |
| Author: | William Shakespeare, Catherine Richardson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 18 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 190g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 16mm |
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About The Author
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.
G. R. Hibbard was Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Catherine Richardson is Reader in Renaissance Studies at the University of Kent.
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