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William Shakespeare''s comic encore for one of his best-loved characters - the rascally Falstaff from Henry IV and Henry V - The Merry Wives of Windsor is edited by G.R. Hibbard with an introduction by Catherine Richardson in Penguin Shakespeare.

''We''ll leave a proof, by that which we will do,
Wives may be merry, and yet honest too''

In need of money, the fat and foolish Falstaff devises a scheme to seduce two married women and steal their husbands'' wealth. By talking to each other, however, the wives soon discover his plan and begin to plot their own revenge. Relentlessly inventive, this comic humiliation of a foolish would-be seducer is a lively, compelling and ultimately joyous celebration of the all-conquering power of laughter.

This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare''s life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to The Merry Wives of Windsor, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essa

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The Merry Wives of Windsor

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 29 October 2015
      ISBN-13 9780141396576
      978-0141396576
      ISBN-10 0141396571
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      Poetry Books by William Shakespeare

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      William Shakespeare''s comic encore for one of his best-loved characters - the rascally Falstaff from Henry IV and Henry V - The Merry Wives of Windsor is edited by G.R. Hibbard with an introduction by Catherine Richardson in Penguin Shakespeare.

      ''We''ll leave a proof, by that which we will do,
      Wives may be merry, and yet honest too''

      In need of money, the fat and foolish Falstaff devises a scheme to seduce two married women and steal their husbands'' wealth. By talking to each other, however, the wives soon discover his plan and begin to plot their own revenge. Relentlessly inventive, this comic humiliation of a foolish would-be seducer is a lively, compelling and ultimately joyous celebration of the all-conquering power of laughter.

      This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare''s life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to The Merry Wives of Windsor, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essa

      Trade Review
      Praise for William Shakespeare: Complete Works

      “Remarkable . . . makes Shakespeare’s extraordinary accomplishment more vivid than ever.”—James Shapiro, professor, Columbia University, bestselling author of A Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599

      “A feast of literary and historical information.”—The Wall Street Journal

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