The Winter's Tale

<p>The Winter's Tale presented here with its likely source material Pandosto is one of Shakespeare's late romances a play of contrasts moving from intense jealousy and tragedy to reconciliation and joy. Leontes King of Sicilia irrationally accuses his wife Hermione of infidelity with his friend Polixenes leading to tragic consequences including Hermione's apparent death and the abandonment of their daughter Perdita. </p><p>Years later Perdita raised as a shepherdess falls in love with Polixenes' son Florizel. The discovery of Perdita's true identity sets in motion a chain of events leading to forgiveness reunion and the miraculous restoration of Hermione. This edition offers readers the chance to delve into the creative process behind one of Shakespeare's most enduring and emotionally resonant plays.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>