Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare

"Love's Labour's Lost" by William Shakespeare is a comedy written in the mid-1590s. The King of Navarre and three nobles vow to avoid women for three years to focus on study. Their oath crumbles when the Princess of France arrives with her ladies, sparking romance and infatuation. Through disguises, switched letters, and witty deceptions, the couples pursue each other. But this comedy defies convention—a sudden death interrupts the festivities, forcing the men to prove their love's sincerity by waiting a year before marriage. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title Love's Labour's Lost
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%27s_Labour%27s_Lost
Note There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #100
Reading Level Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Comedy plays
Subject Courts and courtiers -- Drama
Subject Princesses -- Drama
Subject Navarre (Kingdom) -- Drama
Category Text
eBook-No. 1774
Release Date
Last Update May 23, 2019
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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