| The Two Noble Kinsmen Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486797007 ISBN-13: 9780486797007 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $2.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 2019295409 |
| Lexile Measure: 1330 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5" W x 8" (0.20 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The king of Thebes is a tyrant but his young relatives, Palamon and Arcite, defend him anyway. The two noble kinsmen find their loyalty rewarded with imprisonment when they end up on the losing side of a battle with the great hero, Theseus of Athens. From the window of their jail they observe Emilia, the sister-in-law of their conqueror, whose stunning beauty shatters their vow of eternal brotherhood. Now the former friends must find a way to evade their captors and pursue the alluring princess, an undertaking that will conclude with a fight to the death. First published in 1634, this Jacobean tragicomedy features a plot derived from The Knight's Tale in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The play was originally attributed to both John Fletcher and William Shakespeare; its association with the latter is a longstanding source of controversy that is now generally accepted by scholarly consensus. |