"The Merry Wives of Windsor" by William Shakespeare is a comedy first published in 1602. The corpulent knight Sir John Falstaff arrives in Windsor penniless and schemes to seduce two wealthy married women for their money. But the clever wives discover his identical love letters and plot elaborate revenge, repeatedly humiliating the would-be seducer. Meanwhile, three suitors compete for the hand of Anne Page, leading to additional schemes and disguises in this Elizabethan tale of tricks and comeuppance. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
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| Editor | Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Title | The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor |
| Credits | Produced by Louise Hope, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 94.0 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England) -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 23044 |
| Release Date | Nov 23, 2007 |
| Last Update | Sep 27, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
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