![]() By chance Frederick also banishes Rosalind, daughter of the usurped Duke Senior. Based on Thomas Lodge's Elizabethan novel Rosalynde, As You Like It follows the discontented Orlando as he is exiled from the tyrannical French court of Duke Frederick. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īs You Like It has long been admired as one of Shakespeare's most exuberant early comedies, complete with one of the Bard's funniest and toughest heroines, Rosalind. Every volume in the series has been newly edited by Cedric Watts, described by Edward Said as a man for whom the enjoyment and enrichment of friends and students is the main consideration in what he does. As You Like It is part of the Wordsworth Classics Shakespeare Series, used in the workshops of the Royal Shakespeare Company. A recent production was deemed fresh, funny, sexy and, when it matters, deeply touching. The ironic medley of pastoral artifice, romantic ardour and quizzical reflection has helped to make As You Like It perennially popular in the theatre. Its boldly implausible plot generates a profusion of love-lorn men, a resourceful heroine in disguise, sexual ambiguity, sceptical philosophising, and finally a multiplicity of marriages. Today Wordsworth Editions remains a leader in the sector it created, expanding its portfolio to cover Children’s Classics, World Literature, Poetry and Mystery & Supernatural titles.This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.Īs You Like It is one of Shakespeares finest romantic comedies, variously lyrical, melancholy, satiric, comic and absurd. It shook up the book publishing world in the early 1990s, when it launched its range of paperback Classics, priced at just £1 each. Wordsworth Editions is a successful, family-run business based in Hertfordshire. You can find more information about the series, and where to buy them at: The hardback Children’s Classic Collector’s Editions are available for is £6.99 each. “We've been delighted by the reception the series has received and we are already having hastily to plan reprints to ensure we have enough stock in before the Christmas rush.” ![]() And we think we've succeeded,” said Wordsworth Editions Managing Director Helen Trayler. “We set out to come up with a series that was at least as good, if not better, in quality and design as anything already out there in the ‘collectibles’ field, but at a substantially lower price. The Little Prince- Antoine de Saint-Exupery ![]() Barrie, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens and Edith Nesbitt, with the full line-up comprising:. The collection features much-loved works from the likes of J.M. The compact hardbacks are cloth-bound, with matching coloured end paper and embossed gold & coloured blocking to enhance their beautiful, bespoke cover illustrations. Cloth-bound Collector’s Editions available in time for Christmas for just £6.99 eachīook publisher Wordsworth Editions has released 12 timeless children’s classics as hardback Collector’s Editions for the very first time. ![]()
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