# A Lover's Complaint

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- Authors: [William Shakespeare](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2018-05-30
- Genres: The Arts, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Architecture, Performing arts

## Description

Read & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare''s poem, " A Lover''s Complaint", featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. The poem tells the story of a young women lamenting her love for a man who once charmed and abandoned her. As she weeps at the edge of a river, an old man approaches, compelling her to recount her tale of sorrow. It was published as a conclusion to the original edition of “Shakespeare''s Sonnets”, in 1609. Shakespeare’s sonnets beautifully explore the themes of love and beauty, time and mortality. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is considered to be the greatest writer in the English language and is celebrated as the world''s most famous dramatist.

## Editions

### A Lover's Complaint

- Publisher: Read Books
- ISBN: 978-15-2870-531-8
- Pages: 127
- Published: 2018-05-30
- Language: en_US