Fair Em
William Shakespeare
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Description
Fair Em is an Elizabethan comedy printed under Shakespeare's name, though scholars now count it apocryphal rather than his work. Its plot joins two worlds: William the Conqueror, courting in disguise. Em, the miller's daughter of Manchester, tests her plain sense and loyalty against rival suitors, Danish princes, and court intrigue.
The play moves between Windsor, Manchester, and the Danish court, mixing romance, disguise, and clowning. Readers curious about the plays once attributed to Shakespeare will find a lively, if uneven. Comedy that shows what popular Elizabethan theatre offered its audiences beyond the great names.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | William Shakespeare |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 71 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |