As You Like It
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few comedies in the English canon match the brilliance and wit of As You Like It, Shakespeare's pastoral masterpiece that transplants a cast of banished nobles, lovesick youths, and sharp-tongued jesters into the verdant freedom of the Forest of Arden. At its heart is Rosalind — one of Shakespeare's most dazzling heroines — who, disguised as the boy Ganymede, orchestrates a dizzying comedy of courtship, identity, and self-discovery, drawing the lovelorn Orlando into her web of wit and wisdom. This Arden Edition, edited by Agnes Latham and published by Methuen & Co Ltd, stands as one of the most scholarly and authoritative presentations of the play, complete with rigorous textual notes and critical apparatus that illuminate every layer of Shakespeare's language. The Arden series has long been the standard for serious students and lovers of Shakespeare alike, and Latham's editorial hand brings both precision and sensitivity to a comedy that, beneath its merry surface, argues boldly for the transformative power of love, liberty, and the examined life. Whether you come for Jaques's melancholic All the world's a stage or Rosalind's electrifying final speech, this edition rewards every reading with something new.
Author: William Shakespeare
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few comedies in the English canon match the brilliance and wit of As You Like It, Shakespeare's pastoral masterpiece that transplants a cast of banished nobles, lovesick youths, and sharp-tongued jesters into the verdant freedom of the Forest of Arden. At its heart is Rosalind — one of Shakespeare's most dazzling heroines — who, disguised as the boy Ganymede, orchestrates a dizzying comedy of courtship, identity, and self-discovery, drawing the lovelorn Orlando into her web of wit and wisdom. This Arden Edition, edited by Agnes Latham and published by Methuen & Co Ltd, stands as one of the most scholarly and authoritative presentations of the play, complete with rigorous textual notes and critical apparatus that illuminate every layer of Shakespeare's language. The Arden series has long been the standard for serious students and lovers of Shakespeare alike, and Latham's editorial hand brings both precision and sensitivity to a comedy that, beneath its merry surface, argues boldly for the transformative power of love, liberty, and the examined life. Whether you come for Jaques's melancholic All the world's a stage or Rosalind's electrifying final speech, this edition rewards every reading with something new.