King John
Tags
Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Theater lovers looking to broaden their reading of Shakespeare's history plays
- Readers interested in kingship and political intrigue
- Learners with some English foundation willing to read original scripts
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer light entertainment and have little interest in court politics
- Beginners with weak English and no annotated support
Reading tips
- Before reading, learn the main character relationships and historical background to lower the barrier to the plot.
- Read act by act and scene by scene, noting shifts in characters' positions and key dialogue.
- Combine reading with aloud reading or performance videos to feel the rhythm and tension of the lines on stage.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
Contents
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
FAQ
Is this the Chinese version or the original English edition?
Do I need to read other Shakespeare history plays first?
Is it suitable as an introduction to drama?
Related on WeRead
King John
King John
THE HISTORY
迪士尼沉睡魔咒2 （英文原版）
[迪士尼大电影]双语阅读.沉睡魔咒2 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
A Child's History of England
Comments
Find this book
This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was the greatest playwright, poet and actor of the English Renaissance. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, he is known as the "Bard of Avon." He wrote roughly thirty-seven to thirty-nine plays, one hundred and fifty-four sonnets and narrative poems. His representative works include Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. His works span tragedy, comedy and history play, distinguished by rich, poetic language and profound characterization. His explorations of human nature, power, love and fate have had a lasting influence, and his works have been translated into many languages and circulated widely around the world.
