The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Penguin Shakespeare)

The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Penguin Shakespeare)

by WilliamShakespeare (Author), RussellJackson (Introduction)

Synopsis

Leaving behind both home and beloved, a young man travels to Milan to meet his closest friend. Once there, however, he falls in love with his friend's new sweetheart and resolves to seduce her. Love-crazed and desperate, he is soon moved to commit cynical acts of betrayal. And comic scenes involving a servant and his dog enhance the play's exploration how passion can prove more powerful than even the strongest loyalty owed to a friend.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 29 Sep 2005

ISBN 10: 0141016620
ISBN 13: 9780141016627

Media Reviews
A remarkable edition, one that makes Shakespeare's extraordinary accomplishment more vivid than ever. --James Shapiro, professor, Columbia University, bestselling author of A Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599

A feast of literary and historical information. --The Wall Street Journal
Author Bio
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), a collection of sonnets and a variety of other poems. Norman Sanders is retired from the position of Professor of Shakespeare at the University of Tennessee. He has also edited Julius Caesar in the Penguin Shakespeare series. Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He is General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare, and his books include Shakespeare: the Poet and his Plays, Shakespeare: For All Time, Looking for Sex in Shakespeare, and (with Paul Edmondson) Shakespeare's Sonnets.