The Winter's Tale
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[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2006.
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Unabridged.
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King Leontes of Sicilia is seized by sudden and terrible jealousy of his wife Hermione, whom he accuses of adultery. He believes the child Hermione is bearing was fathered by his friend Polixenes, and when the baby girl is born he orders her to be taken to some wild place and left to die. Though Hermione's child escapes death, Leontes' cruelty has terrible consequences. Loss paves the way for reunion, and life and hope are born out of desolation and despair. One of the late romances in Shakespeare's canon, this complex work is at times tragic, at times humorous, but always entertaining and enlightening.

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King Leontes of Sicilia is seized by sudden and terrible jealousy of his wife Hermione, whom he accuses of adultery. He believes the child Hermione is bearing was fathered by his friend Polixenes, and when the baby girl is born he orders her to be taken to some wild place and left to die. Though Hermione's child escapes death, Leontes' cruelty has terrible consequences. Loss paves the way for reunion, and life and hope are born out of desolation and despair. One of the late romances in Shakespeare's canon, this complex work is at times tragic, at times humorous, but always entertaining and enlightening.
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Shakespeare, W., & Various Readers, ,. (2006). The Winter's Tale. Unabridged. [United States], Blackstone Publishing.

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Shakespeare, William and , Various Readers. 2006. The Winter's Tale. [United States], Blackstone Publishing.

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Shakespeare, William and , Various Readers, The Winter's Tale. [United States], Blackstone Publishing, 2006.

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Shakespeare, William, and Various Readers. The Winter's Tale. Unabridged. [United States], Blackstone Publishing, 2006.

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