William Shakespeare, Michael W. Simmons
William Shakespeare, Michael W. Simmons
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William Shakespeare
An Intimate Look Into The Life Of The Most Brilliant Writer In The History Of The English

Author: Michael W. Simmons

Narrator: Jim D. Johnston

Unabridged: 3 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2016


Synopsis

William Shakespeare was the most brilliant writer in the history of the English language. But his life is a complete mystery to us. No biographies were written for almost a hundred years after his death. His friends, family, and all those who knew him as a poet in London’s theatrical scene died before anyone could ask them: who was Shakespeare? What was he like? What were his habits, his amusements, his passions?
Nearly the only answers we have are those we can divine from reading his plays and poems. Shakespeare’s uncanny ability to grasp the technical languages of skilled professions makes it difficult to judge what precisely he got up to during his “lost years”—the two periods of life in which he disappears from the historical record entirely.
In this book, you will learn what it is we know for certain about William Shakespeare, and by delving into the plays, you will discover all that can be surmised about his uneasy relationship with authority, the religious conflicts in his family, his relationship with the father who fulfilled his lifelong dream to become a gentleman, and his own unexpected ambition: to become a wealthy, respectable country landlord in his hometown of Stratford.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Taka

I did it. 38 plays, 2 long poems, and 154 sonnets in 2462 onion-paper pages. I read them all. ALL. I think I deserve a self-congratulation for this. Yes. Good job! It took me more than two months of intense reading that toughened my wrists and arms from reading it on the train standing, hardened my he......more

Goodreads review by leynes

Ya'll already knew this was coming because I did the same thing for Oscar but these compilations of my reviews are so damn satisfying to me. The Comedies • As You Like It • The Comedy of Errors • Love’s Labour’s Lost • The Merry Wives of Windsor • A Midsummer Nights’ Dream • Much Ado About Nothing • The Ta......more

Goodreads review by Bram

Reflecting on the oeuvre of Shakespeare, I can’t shake a perverse idea: the Bard is underrated. And I think this feeling is tied to the contradictory knowledge that he is enormous, creating the master shadow in which all others dissolve. He’s the Platonic Form that has made possible, via subsequent......more