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As You Like It: Play Guide and Free Edition

As You Like It: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

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As You Like It is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Shakespeare, William (1564–1616).

Catalogue synopsis

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"As You Like It" by William Shakespeare is a pastoral comedy written in 1599. When Rosalind flees her uncle's court to escape persecution, she ventures into the Forest of Arden with her cousin Celia, seeking safety and discovering unexpected romance. There they meet an array of memorable characters, including the melancholy Jaques, whose famous observation that "all the world's a stage" captures the play's exploration of love, identity, and life's theatrical nature in a woodland refuge far from courtly intrigue.

Book and edition facts

  • Title: As You Like It
  • Author credits: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)
  • Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

  • Comedy plays
  • Exiles -- Drama
  • Fathers and daughters -- Drama
  • Pastoral drama

Gutenberg collections

  • Category: British Literature
  • Category: Classics of Literature
  • Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
  • Category: Romance

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