Winter's tale

Mary Robinson, nee Darby (1757-1800) was an English poet and novelist. During her lifetime she was known as 'the English Sappho'. She was also known for her role as Perdita (heroine of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale) in 1779 and as the first public mistress of George IV. After seeing her as Perdita, and declaring himself enraptured with her, the Prince of Wales, offered Mary Robinson twenty thousand pounds to become his mistress. However, he soon tired of her and abandoned her after a year…

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From renown picture book author Denise Fleming, a cozy, cumulative book to warm a cold winter day Alive with swirling snow and lots of outdoor fun, the first ten days of winter bring special gifts for a special friend. This cumulative tale will have children chanting along as they discover all the trimmings needed for the most perfect snowman ever! Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780312371388 Publisher: Square Fish Publication Date: 10-30-2012 Pages: 32 Product Dimensions: 9.60(w) x 9.80(h) x…

A MAGICAL WINTER by Carl R. Sams ll is an illustrated photographic book that shows the beauty of nature with its first winter snow, bringing an unexpected friend with it. A magical deer unlike any other comes along, as well as many other animals from the enchanted woodland. A wonderful book about discovery, A Magical … Read More »

Introduction by Peter Washington; Translation by William WeaverItalo Calvino’s masterpiece combines a love story and a detective story intoan exhilarating allegory of reading, in which the reader of the book becomesthe book’s central character.Based on a witty analogy between the reader’s desire to finish the story andthe lover’s desire to consummate his or her passion, IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT ATRAVELER is the tale of two bemused readers whose attempts to reach the end ofthe same book—IF ON A…

This book contains Charles Lamb’s prose retellings of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. The plays include: “The Tempest”, “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, “The Winter's Tale”, “Much Ado About Nothing”, “As You Like It”, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, “The Merchant of Venice”, “Cymbeline”, “King Lear”, “Macbeth”, “All's Well That Ends Well”, “The Taming of the Shrew”, “The Comedy of Errors”, “Measure for Measure”, “Twelfth Night; or, What You Will”, “Timon of Athens”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Hamlet…

The Winter's Tale : Paperback : CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS : 9780521293730 : 0521293731 : 25 Sep 2018 : The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's most varied, theatrically self-conscious, and emotionally wide-ranging plays. This 2007 edition provides a newly-edited text, a comprehensive introduction that takes into account current critical thinking, and a detailed commentary on the play's language designed to make it easily accessible to contemporary readers.

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William Hazlitt is widely considered to be one of the greatest literature critics of all time. This new edition presents Hazlitt's analysis of Shakespeare's plays and insights into the author's timeless characters.Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781453737477 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 07-30-2010 Pages: 198 Product Dimensions: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.42d