William Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical Tale
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Chapters (137)
- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
- AS HE LIVED.
- An Historical Tale.
- Author of "John of England." "Soldier of Fortune."
- WARWICK: H. T. COOKE & SON, PUBLISHERS, HIGH STREET. (COPYRIGHT.)
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AS HE LIVED,
- Stratford-upon-Avon, and Queen Elizabeth.
- CHAPTER I.
- A FOREST SCENE.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE YOUTHFUL SHAKESPEARE.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHARLOTTE CLOPTON.
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE FAMILY OF THE CLOPTONS.
- CHAPTER V.
- A DOMESTIC PARTY IN ELIZABETH'S DAY.
- CHAPTER VI.
- A DISAGREEABLE VISITOR.
- CHAPTER VII.
- PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- STRATFORD-UPON-AVON.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE TAVERN.
- CHAPTER X.
- THE CHURCHYARD OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE STRATFORD LAWYER.
- CHAPTER XII.
- THE SONNET.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- MOTHER AND SON.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- THE LOVERS.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHARLECOTE.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- THE ATTACK.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- THE CAPTURE.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- A REVEL AT CLOPTON.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- THE PLAGUE AT STRATFORD.
- CHAPTER XX.
- MORE TROUBLE AT CLOPTON.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- DOMESTIC AFFLICTIONS.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- BEREAVEMENT.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- THE VAULT.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- THE VILLAGE FETE.—ANNE HATHAWAY.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- THE TWELFTH-TIDE REVELRY.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- THE MISLED WANDERER.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- THE SUITOR.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- SHOTTERY HALL.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- THE LOVERS.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- THE ADVENTURERS.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- THE BENEDICT.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- THE HOSTEL.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- THE DEER STEALERS.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- THE ADVENTURE.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- MORE MATTER FOR A MAY MORNING.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- THE LAMPOON.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- THE GARDEN.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- THE FLIGHT TO LONDON.
- 1311. Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, Beheaded.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- OLD LONDON.
- CHAPTER XL.
- THE POOR PLAYER.
- CHAPTER XLI.
- THE TAVERN REVEL.
- CHAPTER XLII.
- MORE STRANGE THAN TRUE.
- CHAPTER XLIII.
- ENGLAND ON THE DEFENSIVE.
- CHAPTER XLIV.
- THE BOAR'S HEAD IN EAST CHEAP.
- CHAPTER XLV.
- THE CAMP AT TILBURY.
- CHAPTER XLVI.
- THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA.
- CHAPTER XLVII.
- THE PLAYER AT COURT.
- CHAPTER XLVIII.
- SIR THOMAS LUCY IN LONDON.
- CHAPTER XLIX.
- THE THEATRE OF THE BLACKFRIARS.
- CHAPTER L.
- THE SCENIC HOUR.
- CHAPTER LI.
- THE TAVERN.
- CHAPTER LII.
- THE PLAYER IN HIS LODGING.
- CHAPTER LIII.
- THE POET AND HIS PATRON.
- CHAPTER LIV.
- A CONSULTATION.
- CHAPTER LV.
- ILL WEAVED AMBITION.
- CHAPTER LVI.
- THE ASSOCIATES.
- CHAPTER LVII.
- THE POET AND HIS FRIENDS.
- CHAPTER LVIII.
- STRATFORD AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.
- CHAPTER LIX.
- KENILWORTH.
- CHAPTER LX.
- THE RETURN.
- CHAPTER LXI.
- THE DISCOMFITED SCRIVENER.
- CHAPTER LXII.
- OLD FRIENDS.
- CHAPTER LXIII.
- WHICH ENDS THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY.
- THE END.
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