Pericles/Cymbeline/The Two Noble Kinsmen

by William Shakespeare

Book Overview

The magic and art of Shakespeare is made even easier to understand in this revised edition of three of his plays. Includes a general discussion of his life, stage histories of his time, and dramatic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451530357
• ISBN13: 9780451530356
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Pericles and Cymbeline are treats!

I picked this 3-in-1 up because I had never read Pericles or the Two Noble Kinsmen. I had seen a video of Pericles and liked it. Reading it is equally fun. True, it's a mishmash, only three-fifths or so by Shakespeare; but it's great fun. Incest! Pirates! Resurrection! A Dea ex machina (Diana)! Treachery! Pimps! Prostitutes! True love! Impossible reunions! Transformed lives! What more could you ask? Cymbeline is also great; though less fun and darker. Cloten and Iachimo are genuinely despicable; Imogen truly strong and wise. Plus, the whole thing was written by Shakespeare, so there is the constant amazing poetry. Still haven't read Two Noble Kinsmen (based on Chaucer). The edition is very good in that it contains illuminating but not pedantic introductions, as well as excerpts from sources and essays variously helpful.