ll’s Well That Ends Well

This carefully prepared digital edition of All’s Well That Ends Well presents the complete English text in a clean, reader-friendly format, with a linked table of contents and a contemporary cover.

Helena, the resourceful daughter of a celebrated physician, is deeply in love with Bertram, the young Count of Rousillon. After curing the King of France, she is granted the right to choose a husband and names Bertram. Unwilling to accept the marriage, he flees to war and declares that he will acknowledge Helena only when she obtains his family ring and bears his child.

Combining romance, disguise, deception, social ambition, and moral uncertainty, All’s Well That Ends Well is one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing comedies. Its determined heroine and uneasy resolution continue to inspire debate among readers, scholars, and theatre audiences.