# Cymbeline

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- Book: [Cymbeline](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare/cymbeline) ([Cymbeline.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare/cymbeline.md))
- Authors: [William Shakespeare](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shakespeare)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4192-162-4
- Published: 2005-04-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The King of Britain, enraged by his daughter's disobedience in marrying against his wishes, banishes his new son-in-law. Having fled to Rome, the exiled husband makes a foolish wager with a villain he encounters there - gambling on the fidelity of his abandoned wife. Combining courtly menace and horror, comedy and melodrama, Cymbeline is a moving depiction of two young lovers driven apart by deceit and self-doubt.