{"product_id":"9780743482776","title":"Twelfth Night (Folger Shakespeare Library Series)","description":"Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, \u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c\/i\u003e plays with love and power. The Countess Olivia, a woman with her own household, attracts Duke (or Count) Orsino. Two other would-be suitors are her pretentious steward, Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOnto this scene arrive the twins Viola and Sebastian; caught in a shipwreck, each thinks the other has drowned. Viola disguises herself as a male page and enters Orsino's service. Orsino sends her as his envoy to Olivia-only to have Olivia fall in love with the messenger. The play complicates, then wonderfully untangles, these relationships.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe authoritative edition of \u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c\/i\u003e from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-Scene-by-scene plot summaries\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-A key to the play's famous lines and phrases\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-An annotated guide to further reading\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEssay by Catherine Belsey\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42371127640125,"sku":"9780743482776","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780743482776_p0.jpg?v=1771566658","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9780743482776","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}