Macbeth (AmazonClassics Edition) - Couverture souple

Shakespeare, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1542049105 ISBN 13 : 9781542049108

Editeur : AmazonClassics, 2017

Synopsis

One night on the heath, the brave and respected general Macbeth encounters three witches who foretell that he will become king of Scotland. At first skeptical, he’s urged on by the ruthless, single-minded ambitions of Lady Macbeth, who suffers none of her husband’s doubt. But seeing the prophecy through to the bloody end leads them both spiraling into paranoia, tyranny, madness, and murder.

This shocking tragedy―a violent caution to those seeking power for its own sake―is, to this day, one of Shakespeare’s most popular and influential masterpieces.

AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to read a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature’s most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, to a middle-class glover and landowner’s daughter. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and moved to London to work with a theatrical troupe ten years later.

Since little has been learned of his early life, nearly all of what we know about Shakespeare begins―on the London stage―in 1592. In the wake of his critical and public success, Shakespeare helped build the Globe theater on the River Thames.

Regarded as the world’s preeminent dramatist, his extant works include thirty-eight plays, one hundred and fifty-four sonnets, and two narrative poems, and have been translated into every major language. To this day, his plays have been performed more often than those of any other playwright―adapted for film and television, updated, deconstructed, and transfigured into ballets, operas, and musicals. Though his formal education exceeded no further than grammar school, William Shakespeare became the most transcendent and influential writer in all of world literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AmazonClassics
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1542049105
• ISBN 13: 9781542049108
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 142
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Amazon Publishing, Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.; https://amazonpublishing.amazon.com/work-with-us.html; ; 38, avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg