Thomas Goddard Bergin
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One of Shakespeare s most robust comedies, The Taming of the Shrew, is about Katherine, the ill-tempered daughter of a wealthy merchant in Padua. Katherine is so petulant that her father always believed no man would ever want her as his wife. However, Petruchio, a rich young man, comes into Katherine s life and brings about a great change in her behaviour. This short narrative version of the play has been suitably adapted to help introduce the play...
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Vintage classics
Everyman's library volume no. 183
Northwestern world classics
Great books of the Western World volume 5, 19
Everyman's library volume no. 183
Northwestern world classics
Great books of the Western World volume 5, 19
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English
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Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise-the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation. //One of the greatest works in literature, Dantes story-poem is an allegory that represents mankind as it exposes itself, by its merits or demerits, to the rewards or the punishments of...
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