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Author: William Shakespeare
First Published: 1623
Type of Work: Drama
Type of Plot: Comedy
Time of Work: Sixteenth century
Setting: France and Italy
Principal Characters: The King of France, Bertram, The Countess of Rousillon, Helena, Parolles, A Widow of Florence, Diana
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Kings, queens, or royalty, Sixteenth century, Italy or Italians, Weddings, Nobility, Rings
Locales: Paris, France, Florence, Italy

The Story:

Bertram, the Count of Rousillon, had been called to the court to serve the King of France, who was ill of a disease that all the royal physicians had failed to cure. In the entire country the only doctor who might have cured the king was now dead. On his deathbed he had bequeathed to his daughter Helena his books and papers describing cures for all common and rare diseases, among them the one suffered by the king.

Helena was now the ward of the Countess of Rousillon, who thought of her as a daughter. Helena loved young Count Bertram and wanted him for a...

All's Well That Ends Well | All’s Well That Ends Well

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