As You Like It
As You Like It
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As You Like It

Written by William Shakespeare
Part of the Folger Shakespeare Library Book Series
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$9.99
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12 - 17
Reading age
368
Page count
NC1120L
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Oct 15, 2019
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William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the incredible story about love, rebellion, and generosity, now presented by the Folger Shakespeare Library with valuable new tools for educators and dynamic new covers. Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall in love, the princesses and Touchstone go into exile in the Forest of Arden, where they find new conversational partners. Duke Frederick, younger brother to Duke Senior, has overthrown his brother and forced him to live homeless in the forest with his courtiers, including the cynical Jaques. Orlando, whose older brother Oliver plotted his death, has fled there, too. The authoritative edition of As You Like It from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference -Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Full explanatory notes conveniently linked to the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An annotated guide to further reading -An essay by a leading Shakespeare expert

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781982109400
    Publication Date
    October 15, 2019
    Publisher
    Simon & Schuster
    Original Publication Date
    January 1, 1599
    Page Count
    368
    Reading Age
    12 - 17 years
    Lexile® Level
    NC1120L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~Z
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~8

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