Project Gutenberg 1998-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 389 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Love's Labour's Lost Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%27s_Labour%27s_Lost the PG Shakespeare Team, a team of about twenty Project Gutenberg volunteers "Love's Labour's Lost" by William Shakespeare is a comedic play written during the late 16th century. The play centers around the King of Navarre and his three companions, Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine, who have sworn an oath to dedicate three years to study and avoid the company of women. However, their resolve is tested when the Princess of France and her ladies arrive at the court, forcing them to confront the challenges of love and desire amidst their vows of celibacy. The opening of the play introduces us to the court of Navarre, where the King and his friends are discussing the significance of their oaths to scholarly pursuits and their intention to avoid distractions, particularly women. The King articulates a lofty vision for their intellectual community, while Berowne, with his sharp wit, humorously critiques the harshness of their vows. Directly, the rules set forth by the King, which include a ban on the presence of women in the court, are soon called into question with the impending arrival of the French Princess. The interplay of banter reveals the characters' personalities and establishes the comedic tension as they grapple with their earnest yet humorous commitments to both love and learning. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 93.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Comedy plays Courts and courtiers -- Drama Princesses -- Drama Navarre (Kingdom) -- Drama PR Text Category: Romance Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 204663 2025-09-01T09:56:30.362607 text/html 172566 2025-09-18T15:24:34 text/html 485006 2025-09-01T09:56:35.922628 application/epub+zip 484263 2025-09-01T09:56:31.550648 application/epub+zip 201845 2025-09-01T09:56:30.921660 application/epub+zip 844560 2025-09-01T09:56:38.426600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 823818 2025-09-01T09:56:35.371580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235495 2022-08-01T09:32:02.677269 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153607 2025-09-01T09:56:29.398611 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 128809 2025-09-18T15:23:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17842 2025-09-01T09:56:38.575581 application/rdf+xml 19394 2025-09-01T09:56:31.132623 image/jpeg 3562 2025-09-01T09:56:31.028605 image/jpeg 466277 2025-09-01T09:56:30.385614 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia