This new Complete Works marks the completion of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series and includes
all of Shakespeare's plays poems and sonnets edited by leading international scholars. New to
this edition are the 'apocryphal' plays part-written by Shakespeare: Double Falsehood Sir
Thomas More and King Edward III . The anthology is unique in giving all three extant texts of
Hamlet from Shakespeare's time: the first and second Quarto texts of 1603 and 1604-5 and the
first Folio text of 1623. With a simple alphabetical arrangement the Complete Works are easy
to navigate. The lengthy introductions and footnotes of the individual Third Series volumes
have been removed to make way for a general introduction short individual introductions to
each text a glossary and a bibliography instead to ensure all works are accessible in one
single volume. This handsome Complete Works is ideal for readers keen to explore Shakespeare's
work and for anyone building their literary library.
