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The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures on a desert island
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ISBN: 1515413330 Year: 2016 Publisher: [Lanham, Maryland] : Dancing Unicorn Books,

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Measure for measure
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ISBN: 1785435809 9781785435805 Year: 2016 Publisher: [London] Scribe Publishing

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The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1565, possibly on the 23rd April, St. George's Day, and baptised there on 26th April. Little is known of his education and the first firm facts to his life relate to his marriage, aged 18, to Anne Hathaway, who was 26 and from the nearby village of Shottery. Anne gave birth to their first son six months later. Shakespeare's first play, The Comedy of Errors began a procession of real heavyweights that were to emanate from his pen in a career of just over twenty years in which 37 plays were written and his reputation forever established. This early skill was recognised by many and by 1594 the Lord Chamberlain's Men were performing his works. With the advantage of Shakespeare's progressive writing they rapidly became London's leading company of players, affording him more exposure and, following the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, a royal patent by the new king, James I, at which point they changed their name to the King's Men. By 1598, and despite efforts to pirate his work, Shakespeare's name was well known and had become a selling point in its own right on title pages. No plays are attributed to Shakespeare after 1613, and the last few plays he wrote before this time were in collaboration with other writers, one of whom is likely to be John Fletcher who succeeded him as the house playwright for the King's Men. William Shakespeare died two months later on April 23rd, 1616, survived by his wife, two daughters and a legacy of writing that none have since yet eclipsed.

The tempest
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ISBN: 1281728993 9786611728991 030013830X 9780300138306 9780300108163 0300108168 9781281728999 6611728996 Year: 2006 Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press,

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Shakespeare's valedictory play is also one of his most poetical and magical. The story involves the spirit Ariel, the savage Caliban, and Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island who uses his magic to shipwreck a party of ex-compatriots.

The comedy of errors
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ISBN: 1101156872 014071474X Year: 1999 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] Penguin Books

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Please God Send Me a Wreck : Responses to Shipwreck in a 19th Century Australian Community
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ISBN: 9781493926428 1493926411 9781493926411 149392642X Year: 2015 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term economic, social and symbolic significance of wrecks and strandings to the people on the shoreline. This volume draws on extensive oral histories, documentary and archaeological research to examine the tensions within the community, negotiating its way between its roles as shipwreck saviours and salvors.


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The Tempest : “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”.
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ISBN: 1785435760 9781785435768 Year: 2016 Publisher: London : Copyright Group,

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The Comedy of Errors : “We came into the world like brother and brother, And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.”.
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ISBN: 1785435981 9781785435980 Year: 2016 Publisher: London : Copyright Group,

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Shakespeare's dextrous comedy of two twin masters and two twin servants continually mistaken for one another is both farce and more than farce. The Comedy of Errors examines the interplay between personal and commercial relationships, and the breakdown of social order that follows the disruption of identity. As well as detailed on-page commentary notes, this new edition has a long, illustrated introduction exploring the play's performance and crtitical history, as well as its place in the comic tradition from Classical to modern times.


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Stove by a whale : Owen Chase and the Essex
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ISBN: 0819573779 9780819573773 0819550523 9780819550521 0819562440 9780819562449 Year: 1990 Publisher: Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press,

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A thrilling documentation of the first sinking of a ship by a whale.


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Deadly Voyage : The S.S. Daniel J. Morrell Tragedy
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ISBN: 1628953446 1609175476 9781609175474 9780870138638 0870138634 Year: 2009 Publisher: East Lansing, [Michigan] : Michigan State University Press,

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