Cymbeline (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;Cymbeline (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Cymbeline is one of Shakespeare's late romances, which combines comedy and tragedy.

The play was certainly produced as early as 1611 and was first published in 1623.

Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline of Britain, angers her father when she marries Posthumus, a worthy but penniless gentleman.

The King banishes Posthumus, who goes to Rome, where he falls prey to the machinations of Iachimo, who tries to convince him that Imogen will be unfaithful.

Meanwhile, the Queen (Imogen's stepmother) plots against her stepdaughter by trying to plan a match between Imogen and her worthless son Cloten.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 "e;Bard of Avon"e;.

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.