Love's Labour's Lost: Play Guide and Free Edition
Love's Labour's Lost: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Love's Labour's Lost is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Shakespeare, William (1564–1616).
Catalogue synopsis
Project Gutenberg supplies this automated synopsis of the opening text:
"Love's Labour's Lost" by William Shakespeare is a comedy written in the mid-1590s. The King of Navarre and three companions vow to abandon women's company for three years to focus on study. Their pledge crumbles when the Princess of France and her ladies arrive on diplomatic business, sparking romantic entanglements. Through disguises, mistaken identities, and verbal wit, the men pursue the women they desire. But this comedy defies convention—unexpected news interrupts the courtship, forcing all weddings to wait a year while love's true constancy faces its test.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Love's Labour's Lost
- Author credits: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Comedy plays
- Courts and courtiers -- Drama
- Navarre (Kingdom) -- Drama
- Princesses -- Drama
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
Read this edition
View the complete Gutenberg catalogue record. Project Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the United States; that designation does not establish its copyright status in every country.
Source notes
Catalogue metadata is public domain and is supplied through Gutendex, which imports Gutenberg's machine-readable catalogue. The automated synopsis is source-supplied, not an independently verified review. Author dates above describe the credited people; no ebook release date is presented as the book's original publication date.
Sources
More in Stage & Theatre
Keep reading
