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When Rosalind is banished by her uncle, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the forest of Arden where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves now a fellow exile and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings for her. A gloriously sunny comedy, As You Like It is an exuberant combination of concealed identities and verbal jousting, reconciliations and multiple...
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English
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King Lear is a prosperous but older man who plans to distribute his wealth among his three daughters in accordance to their declarations of love. Two shower him with compliments while the other is unable to participate in a false display of affection.
King Lear decides to step down from the throne and gift his daughters with the spoils of his kingdom. As a test, the size of their inheritance will correlate with how well they flatter him. The two...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Presents William Shakespeare's tragedy in which a husband turns against his wife after his jealous confidante plants doubts about her faithfulness, and includes explanatory notes, the story on which "Othello" is based, and five critical commentaries.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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William Shakespeare's shortest-but one of his most popular, tragedies features a man, who will do anything to fulfill a prophecy that will lead him to become the King of Scotland. Fresh from battle, Macbeth and his companion Banquo come across three witches who tell of great power that is in store for Macbeth. Driven by their prophecy and aided by his wife, Macbeth sets out on a journey that is, wrought with deceit, murder, and suffering to acquire...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Presents the text of Shakespeare's drama about Romeo and Juliet, two young people whose love is doomed by their warring families, and includes explanatory notes, plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, a modern perspective on the play, and other reference tools.
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Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2004, c1995
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English
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Presents Shakespeare's history play in which young King Henry of England asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathering an army and embarking on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs; and includes explanatory notes, plot summaries, and a key to famous lines and phrases.
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Signet Classic
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Presents William Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet," in which a Danish prince seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being visited by his ghost; and includes explanatory notes, an introduction on Shakespeare and the work's sources, and seven commentaries by such writers as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Carolyn Heilbrun.
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