Love's Labour's Lost

Here is Shakespeare at his most dazzling and playful: the complete, unabridged text of Love's Labour's Lost, the sparkling comedy of a young king and three friends who vow to renounce women, food, and sleep for three years of study — only to meet the Princess of France and her clever ladies within days. What follows is a battle of wits in which oaths crumble, love letters go astray, and pedants, clowns, and courtiers trade barbs in some of the most intricate wordplay in English drama. This Founding Texts Library edition presents the full original play, freshly set and accompanied by a modern introduction and reader's notes that illuminate the history, language, and famous deflating ending that sets it apart from every other Shakespearean comedy. Whether you are returning to a favorite or discovering it for the first time, this is Shakespeare's comedy of words at its most irresistible. Part of The Founding Texts Library.