Download or read book The Merry Wives of Windsor in Plain and Simple English a Modern Translation and the Original Version written by and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2012-07-02 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've probably heard of Sir John Falstaff--but you don't really quite know him until you see him comedically in Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor." He's a real comedian...that is if you can understand what he's talking about!If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation of The Merry Wives of Windsor.The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text.We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

Download or read book Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English a Modern Translation and the Original Version written by William Shakespeare and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 6052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare is the most critically acclaimed playright of all time. So why is he so hard to understand? This massive anthology of Shakespeare's comedies will give you a new appreciation of William Shakespeare by putting each of his comedy works in plain and simple English. Included in this anthology: All’s Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives of Windsor Pericles, Prince of Tyre The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona Two Noble Kinsmen The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Nights Dream Much Ado About Nothing The Winter Tale The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

Download or read book The Merry Wives of Windsor written by William Shakespeare and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006-01-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's comedy of love, jealousy, revenge, and merriment. Disreputable Sir John Falstaff decides to seduce two wealthy married women to refill his dwindling coffers and soon finds himself outwitted by Mistress Ford and Mistress Page in this delightful, farcical comedy. This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes: • An overview of William Shakespeare’s life, world, and theater • A special introduction to the play by the editor, William Green • A note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived The Merry Wives of Windsor • Dramatic criticism from Northrop Frye, mark Van Doren, Herbert Whittaker, and others • A stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of The Merry Wives of Windsor • Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format • Recommended readings

Download or read book All s Well That Ends Well in Plain and Simple English a Modern Translation and the Original Version written by William Shakespeare and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2012 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a comedy! It's a tragedy! It's...confusing! Shakespeare doesn't have to be confusing and hard to read. Let BookCaps help with this modern retelling.If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation of All's Well That Ends Well.The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text.We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

Download or read book A Guide to Reading Shakespeare s Othello written by Maria Fahey and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many guides dictate the meanings of Shakespeare's scenes and translate his rich language into more ordinary speech. But A Guide to Reading Shakespeare's Othello gives readers the tools to understand the play for themselves. A sequence of carefully designed questions for each scene helps readers grasp the play's individual lines and larger ideas; an introduction to figurative language offers techniques to comprehend Shakespeare's abundant imagery; an introduction to meter provides the essentials needed to hear the meanings rhythm adds to speeches; and a description of the earliest texts of the play, printed in 1622 and 1623, illustrates how a modern edition of Othello is produced. A Guide to Reading Shakespeare's Othello gives readers the methods and the confidence to arrive at their own interpretations of Shakespeare's great tragedy.

Download or read book Ascent to Glory written by Álvaro Santana-Acuña and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude seemed destined for obscurity upon its publication in 1967. The little-known author, small publisher, magical style, and setting in a remote Caribbean village were hardly the usual ingredients for success in the literary marketplace. Yet today it ranks among the best-selling books of all time. Translated into dozens of languages, it continues to enter the lives of new readers around the world. How did One Hundred Years of Solitude achieve this unlikely success? And what does its trajectory tell us about how a work of art becomes a classic? Ascent to Glory is a groundbreaking study of One Hundred Years of Solitude, from the moment García Márquez first had the idea for the novel to its global consecration. Using new documents from the author’s archives, Álvaro Santana-Acuña shows how García Márquez wrote the novel, going beyond the many legends that surround it. He unveils the literary ideas and networks that made possible the book’s creation and initial success. Santana-Acuña then follows this novel’s path in more than seventy countries on five continents and explains how thousands of people and organizations have helped it to become a global classic. Shedding new light on the novel’s imagination, production, and reception, Ascent to Glory is an eye-opening book for cultural sociologists and literary historians as well as for fans of García Márquez and One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Download or read book Love s Labour s Lost in Plain and Simple English written by William Shakespeare and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love's Labour's Lost has been called one of Shakespeare's funniest early plays--but if you aren't laughing as you read it, then you aren't alone. Let's face it..if you don't understand Shakespeare, then you are not alone. If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation of Love's Labour's Lost. The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of the modern text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month. Visit BookCaps.com to find out more.

Download or read book Leo the Great written by Bronwen Neil and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-05-19 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brief introduction to the life and works of this important leader of the early church, we gain a more accurate picture of the circumstances and pressures which were brought to bear on his pontificate. A brief introduction surveys the scanty sources which document Leo’s early life, and sets his pontificate in its historical context, as the Western Roman Empire went into serious decline, and Rome lost its former status as the western capital.

Download or read book New Jersey Fan Club written by Kerri Sullivan and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Jersey Fan Club is an eclectic anthology featuring personal essays, interviews, photographs, and comics from a diverse group of writers and artists. An exploration of how the same locale can shape people in different ways, it will inspire readers to look at the Garden State with fresh eyes.

Download or read book One Night Stand written by Julie Cohen and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2008-12-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleanor Connor has written lots of steamy novels, but sadly her own life is more mundane. In fact, the nearest she's come to passion for ages is having to listen through the thin walls of her house as friend and neighbour Hugh seduces an endless stream of women. But then Eleanor has a one-night fling of her own, waking up alone, repentant, and as she later realises, pregnant. Desperate to find her missing lover, if only to tell him he's going to be a father, she enlists Hugh to help her search. But should she be looking closer to home to find out what it is she really needs?

Download or read book Cymbeline in Plain and Simple English a Modern Translation and the Original Version written by Shakespeare William and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romeo and Juliet may be Shakespeare's most known romance, but Cymbeline is home of his most matures...if you can understand it. Let BookCaps help with this modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic tragedy. If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation of Cymbeline. The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

Download or read book King Lear In Plain and Simple English A Modern Translation and the Original Version written by BookCaps Study Guides Staff and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2012 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Lear descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. Sound like a good story? It is...if you can understand it. If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation of King Lear. The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

Download or read book Troilus and Cressida In Plain and Simple English written by William Shakespeare and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 795 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comedy and tragedy fuse together in perfect harmoney in this classic play. Now if only you can understand it... If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation of Troilus and Cressidae. The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

Download or read book How Not to Spend Your Senior Year written by Cameron Dokey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rule #1: If at all possible, don’t pretend to be something you’re not. Specifically, don’t play dead. Trust me on this one. I did it, so I should know. Jo O’Connor has spent her whole life moving around. When it comes to new schools, there’s not a trick in the book about starting over that Jo doesn’t know. But life is about to teach her a new trick: how to disappear entirely. Rule #2: Always expect the Spanish Inquisition, no matter what anyone else does. They have to move again. Now. This very night. Jo knows better than to argue. Her dad is the key witness in a major case against a big-time bad guy. But Jo just can’t resist one last visit to the school where she’s been so happy. All she wants is to say good-bye. That can’t cause any problems, can it? Rule #3: Never assume you can predict the future. Now Jo’s one last visit has landed her smack in the middle of a ghost story. Specifically, her own. By the time it’s over, she’ll have a whole new set of rules about what’s real, what’s make-believe, and—most of all—what’s important.

Download or read book As You Like It in Plain and Simple English A Modern Translation and the Original Version written by and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2011 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever heard the phrase, "too much of a good thing"? That was actually coined by Shakespeare in this play. Most people don't know it, because when they hear the name Shakespeare they run and hide! Let's face it...if you don't understand Shakespeare, then you are not alone. If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation of "As You Like It." The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of the modern text. "As You Like It" follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court, accompanied by her cousin Celia and Touchstone the court jester, to find safety and eventually love in the Forest of Arden. The play features one of Shakespeare's most famous and oft-quoted speeches, "All the world's a stage." We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

Download or read book Shakespeare in Modern English written by Translated by Hugh Macdonald and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare in Modern English breaks the taboo about Shakespeare’s texts, which have long been regarded as sacred and untouchable while being widely and freely translated into foreign languages. It is designed to make Shakespeare more easily understood in the theatre without dumbing down or simplifying the content. Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’, ‘Coriolanus’ and ‘The Tempest’ are presented in Macdonald’s book in modern English. They show that these great plays lose nothing by being acted or read in the language we all use today. Shakespeare’s language is poetic, elaborately rich and memorable, but much of it is very difficult to comprehend in the theatre when we have no notes to explain allusions, obsolete vocabulary and whimsical humour. Foreign translations of Shakespeare are normally into their modern language. So why not ours too? The purpose in rendering Shakespeare into modern English is to enhance the enjoyment and understanding of audiences in the theatre. The translations are not designed for children or dummies, but for those who want to understand Shakespeare better, especially in the theatre. Shakespeare in Modern English will appeal to those who want to understand the rich and poetical language of Shakespeare in a more comprehensible way. It is also a useful tool for older students studying Shakespeare.

Download or read book Hamlet in Plain and Simple English A Modern Translation and the Original Version written by BookCaps and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2012 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hamlet is arguably one of the greatest plays ever written; it has been staged countless times, adapted into movies, and inspired thousands of artist--but let's face it..if you don't understand it, then you are not alone. If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation of Hamlet. The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month. This book was last updated 2/18/12.