Complete Comedy Collection

The book contains all fourteen comedies of William Shakespeare, among which there are frankly mischievous works, and tragicomedies, and plays with a very bitter humor. Such comedies of the collection as "Much Ado About Nothing", "Twelfth Night", "The Taming of the Shrew" and others have long been part of the golden fund of world literature. In them you can find all shades of humor and comicism - from subtle and graceful to square and buffoonery. The texts are decorated with beautiful drawings by the American artist of the XIX century. Edwin Abbey. His works combine vividness of idea, fantasy and poetic perception of the world with excellent technique and elegant compositions.
Mischievous and full of sparkling humor comedies by W. Shakespeare (1564-1616), written in the late XVI - early XVII century, are still relevant today, they amaze with original plots, wit, bright, figurative language. Such works as "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Much Ado About Nothing", "Twelfth Night", "The Taming of the Shrew" and others are included in the golden fund of world literature. In them, characteristic of the Renaissance cheerfulness is combined with deep philosophical reflections of the author, which he puts in the mouths of his characters. In the comedies of W. Shakespeare challenges the sluggishness and archaic world and relations between people. Heroes speak simply and at the same time very figuratively: sadly and scathingly, lyrically and resolutely, peacefully and angrily; love overcomes all obstacles, beauty, friendship and generosity triumph over avarice and stupidity, and instead of the formidable ancient gods on the stage appear elves personifying the good forces of nature. Here you can find all shades of humor - from subtle, elegant to square, buffoonish. The comedies of W. Shakespeare's comedies presented in this collection are very different. Among them, in addition to frankly funny, there are tragicomedies with bitter laughter through tears. Each reader in the works of the great playwright will find something of his own, close to him at a particular time. The collection is decorated with beautiful drawings by American and English artist Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911). He was born in the USA and received his art education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He began to publish his first illustrations in famous American magazines. E. Abbey was then only twenty, but the talent of the artist noticed and appreciated at face value. Critics noted in his works the originality of the idea, the ability to express his imagination and poetic worldview, excellent technique, unexpected compositional solutions. In 1878, E. Abbey crossed the Atlantic and stopped in England, where he lived until the end of his days. He began working on drawings for the comedies of V. Shakespeare at the end of the XIX century. By this time E. Abbey was already a recognized master of the Golden Age of American illustration, and a famous muralist. For his work E. Abbey in England was knighted, and in France became a Knight of the Legion of Honor. His allegorical frescoes decorate the Boston Public Library, the Royal Exchange in London, the Capitol in Pennsylvania. His works can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the National Gallery in London.