The Tempest
by Shakespeare, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cedar Ridge, California, United States
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Synopsis
The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s last solo-written plays. This tragedy tells the story of an exiled ruler who uses magic to restore his daughter to power and argues that the powerful must show mercy. First performed in 1611, The Tempest has been put to varied interpretations, from those that see it as a fable of art and creation, with Prospero representing Shakespeare, and Prospero's renunciation of magic signaling Shakespeare's farewell to the stage, to interpretations that consider it an allegory of Europeans colonizing foreign lands. O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in ’t! (V.i.)
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- Bookseller
- Bud Plant & Hutchison Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30793
- Title
- The Tempest
- Author
- Shakespeare, William
- Illustrator
- Woodroffe, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
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