Dec 18, 2009
Love’s Labour’s Lost | Love’s Labour’s Lost
At a glance:
- Author: William Shakespeare
- First Published: 1598
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
- Time of Work: Sixteenth century
- Setting: Navarre, Spain
- Principal Characters: Ferdinand, Berowne, Longaville, Dumaine, Don Adriano de Armado, Costard, The Princess of France, Rosaline, Maria, Katharine, Jaquenetta
- Genres: Drama, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: Love or romance, Mistaken or secret identity, Kings, queens, or royalty, Sixteenth century, Spain or Spanish people, Nobility
- Locales: Spain, Navarre, Spain
The Story:
The king of Navarre had taken a solemn vow and forced three of
his attending lords to take it also. This vow was that for three
years they would fast and study, enjoy no pleasures, and see no
ladies. None of the three noblemen wanted to take the vow; Berowne,
in particular, felt that it would be impossible to keep his
promise. He pointed out this fact to the king by reminding him that
the princess of France was approaching the court of Navarre to
present a petition from her father, who was ill. The king agreed
that he would be compelled to see her, but he added that...
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