William Shakespeare’s Complete Tragedies Collection

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“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage / And then is heard no more.” — Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5). This handsomely leather-bound volume of tragedies by the master storyteller of all time (1564–1616) deserves a place of prominence in any home library. Within these pages you’ll find all the tragic plays that have touched the hearts and minds of readers and playgoers for more than 500 years, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth. As you peruse this impressive compilation of the Bard’s great tragedies, you’ll discover that so many of the words, quotes and phrases we use every day in the modern English-speaking world were coined by the brilliant flame-haired actor, playwright, wit and philosopher known as Shakespeare. 

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