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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.`O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it feeds on.\\''Dramatic and powerful in its scope, Othello explores the perils of suspicion and jealousy and the ensuing breakdown of relationships and disaster that can arise from such emotions. Othello, a revered soldier, secretly marries Desdemona, the daughter of a Venetian senator, but is led to believe that she has been unf...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.`Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.''One of Shakespeare''s most witty and enjoyable comedies, Much Ado About Nothing is a play that explores courtship, romance and marriage through a number of relationships. Most famously, that of the irrepressible Beatrice and Benedick as they trade their wits against one another, criticising the notion of marriage, yet slowly falling in love with one another as they do so....

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Power, corruption and betrayal are at the heart of Shakespeare''s most well-known historical and political drama. As Julius Caesar moves closer to securing power for himself and is perceived by some as a threat to Roman citizens, his senators plot to bring about his downfall. Caesar''s assassination leads to civil war rather than peace and the play explores the subsequent deaths of the conspirators Brutus an...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.`Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more...''Henry V is the final and most celebrated play of Shakespeare''s `history plays''. Prince Harry reigns over England after the death of his father King Henry IV, uniting his country with his valiant leadership in the face of war against France. Featuring one of the most rousing and infamous speeches ever written by Shakespeare, Henry V remains one of his most po...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.`The better part of valour is discretion.''King Henry IV''s son, Prince Harry is quick-witted yet idle and irresponsible and lives a roguish existence keeping dubious company. However, when the kingdom is threatened, Prince Harry shows his true worth and heroism and begins a journey of transformation from layabout to noble leader.ISBN: 9780007902309Nr pagini: 304 pagesFormat: 111 x 178 x 19mm | 170gAnul aparitiei: ...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.`Though this be madness, yet there is method in''t.''Considered one of Shakespeare''s most rich and enduring plays, the depiction of its hero Hamlet as he vows to avenge the murder of his father by his brother Claudius is both powerful and complex. As Hamlet tries to find out the truth of the situation, his troubled relationship with his mother comes to the fore, as do the paradoxes in his personality. A play of ca...