A Lover's Complaint (Shakespeare Library)

Read & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeares poem A Lovers Complaint featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. The poem tells the story of a young women lamenting her love for a man who once charmed and abandoned her. As she weeps at the edge of a river an old man approaches compelling her to recount her tale of sorrow. It was published as a conclusion to the original edition of Shakespeares Sonnets in 1609. Shakespeares sonnets beautifully explore the themes of love and beauty time and mortality. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English playwright poet and actor. He is considered to be the greatest writer in the English language and is celebrated as the worlds most famous dramatist.