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Much Ado about Nothing
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Much Ado about Nothing Paperback - 1994

by William Shakespeare

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Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's most imaginative and exuberant comedies, contrasting two pairs of lovers in a witty and suspenseful battle of the sexes. Attracted to each other, the maddeningly skeptical Beatrice and Benedick are dead-locked in a lively war of words until their friends hatch a plot to unite them. The mutually devoted Hero and Claudio, on the other hand, all too quickly fall victim to a malicious plot to part them. Near-fatal complications ensue, but with the help of the hilarious Constable Dogberry and his confederates, the lovers are ultimately united.
First presented in 1598, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's last comedies. Its darker undercurrents foreshadow the playwright's growing concern with the frailties of human character that would dominate his late tragedies. But in its clever turns of plot, vivacious displays of wit, jovial conversations, and charming songs, this merry comedy is among Shakespeare's most artistic creations.

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  • Title Much Ado about Nothing
  • Author William Shakespeare
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dover Publications, New York, New York
  • Publication date 1994-10
  • ISBN 9780486282725 / 0486282724
  • Weight 0.15 lbs (0.07 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.23 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 0.58 cm)
  • Age range 14 to UP years
  • Grade levels 9 - UP
  • Reading level 1020
  • Category Plays / Drama
  • Library of Congress subjects Conspiracies, Courtship
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94022079
  • Dewey Decimal Code 822.33

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"He was not of an age, but for all time," declared Ben Jonson of his contemporary William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Jonson's praise is especially prescient, since at the turn of the 17th century Shakespeare was but one of many popular London playwrights and none of his dramas were printed in his lifetime. The reason so many of his works survive is because two of his actor friends, with the assistance of Jonson, assembled and published the First Folio edition of 1623.

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