Project Gutenberg 2014-09-02 Public domain in the USA. 408 Fleay, Frederick Gard 1831 1909 Fleay, F. G. (Frederick Gard) 17005616 A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare Player, Poet, and Playmaker Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare" by Frederick Gard Fleay is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the life and career of the iconic playwright William Shakespeare, examining his public and personal connections with other poets and dramatists of his time. Fleay not only recounts Shakespeare's biographical details but also analyzes the significant influence he had on English literature. The opening of the text sets the tone for a comprehensive examination of Shakespeare's career, emphasizing the importance of understanding his interactions with other figures in the theatrical community. Fleay critiques previous biographers for focusing excessively on trivial aspects of Shakespeare's personal life and instead aims to highlight the public dimensions of his career, such as the nature of the acting companies he was part of and the chronological order of his plays. The thorough introduction serves as a foundation for the detailed exploration of Shakespeare's life and work that unfolds in the subsequent sections of the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography Stratford-upon-Avon (England) -- Biography PR Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British 710721 2025-07-18T17:36:09.239466 text/html 696407 2024-10-24T10:26:24 text/html 627279 2025-07-18T17:36:23.116362 application/epub+zip 632538 2025-07-18T17:36:12.219491 application/epub+zip 293643 2025-07-18T17:36:10.587450 application/epub+zip 837492 2025-07-18T17:36:30.019387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 756334 2025-07-18T17:36:21.622380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418227 2022-09-21T09:13:44.450839 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567705 2025-07-18T17:36:06.973471 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 547706 2024-10-24T10:26:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17353 2025-07-18T17:36:30.190326 application/rdf+xml 11330 2025-07-18T17:36:10.761429 image/jpeg 2244 2025-07-18T17:36:10.675419 image/jpeg 559007 2025-07-18T17:36:09.298435 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