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Love's Labour's Lost

by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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  • 10 chapters
  • Reading level: 5th grade

"Love's Labour's Lost" by William Shakespeare is a comedy written in the mid-1590s. The King of Navarre and three companions vow to avoid women for three years to pursue study and fasting. Their oath crumbles when the Princess of France and her ladies arrive, sparking romantic entanglements. Through disguises, mistaken identities, and witty wordplay, the men pursue the women—only to face an unconventional ending when sudden news forces the ladies to demand a year's proof of devotion before any weddings can proceed.

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  • Comedy plays
  • Courts and courtiers
  • Princesses
  • Navarre (Kingdom)

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Act III: Scene I: The King of Navarre’s park

Dramatis Personæ

KING of Navarre, also known as Ferdinand

BEROWNE, Lord attending on the King
LONGAVILLE, Lord attending on the King
DUMAINE, Lord attending on the King

The PRINCESS of France

ROSALINE, Lady attending on the Princess
MARIA, Lady attending on the Princess
KATHARINE, Lady attending on the Princess
BOYET, Lord attending on the Princess

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Contents

  1. Act III: Scene I: The King of Navarre’s park
  2. Scene I: The King of Navarre’s park
  3. Scene II: The park
  4. Scene I: The King of Navarre’s park. A pavilion and tents at a distance
  5. Scene I: The King of Navarre’s park
  6. Scene I: The King of Navarre’s park
  7. Scene II: The same
  8. Scene III: The same
  9. Scene I: The King of Navarre’s park
  10. Scene II: The same. Before the Princess’s pavilion

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About this edition

This free edition of Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1510, released 1998-10-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Romance, Humour, Plays/Films/Dramas, Classics of Literature, British Literature.

Other editions: eBook #1109, eBook #1774, eBook #2241.

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