William Shakespeare, by Captain Curling

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Author

Curling, Henry, 1803-1864

Title

William Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical Tale

Credits

Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works from the University of Michigan Digital Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

34796

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34796

Release Date

December 30, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
2. 2.BY CAPTAIN CURLING, — Author of "John of England." "Soldier of Fortune." — WARWICK : — H. T. COOKE & SON, PUBLISHERS, HIGH STREET. — (COPYRIGHT.)
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AS HE LIVED, — Stratford-upon-Avon, and Queen Elizabeth .
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — A FOREST SCENE.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — THE YOUTHFUL SHAKESPEARE.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — CHARLOTTE CLOPTON.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — THE FAMILY OF THE CLOPTONS.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — A DOMESTIC PARTY IN ELIZABETH'S DAY.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — A DISAGREEABLE VISITOR.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — STRATFORD-UPON-AVON.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — THE TAVERN.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — THE CHURCHYARD OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — THE STRATFORD LAWYER.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — THE SONNET.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — MOTHER AND SON.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — THE LOVERS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — CHARLECOTE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — THE ATTACK.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — THE CAPTURE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — A REVEL AT CLOPTON.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — THE PLAGUE AT STRATFORD.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. — MORE TROUBLE AT CLOPTON.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. — DOMESTIC AFFLICTIONS.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. — BEREAVEMENT.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. — THE VAULT.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. — THE VILLAGE FETE.—ANNE HATHAWAY.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. — THE TWELFTH-TIDE REVELRY.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE MISLED WANDERER.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. — THE SUITOR.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. — SHOTTERY HALL.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. — THE LOVERS.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. — THE ADVENTURERS.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. — THE BENEDICT.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. — THE HOSTEL.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE DEER STEALERS.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE ADVENTURE.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. — MORE MATTER FOR A MAY MORNING.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE LAMPOON.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII. — THE GARDEN.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE FLIGHT TO LONDON. — 1311. Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, Beheaded.
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX. — OLD LONDON.
45. 45.CHAPTER XL. — THE POOR PLAYER.
46. 46.CHAPTER XLI. — THE TAVERN REVEL.
47. 47.CHAPTER XLII. — MORE STRANGE THAN TRUE.
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIII. — ENGLAND ON THE DEFENSIVE.
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIV. — THE BOAR'S HEAD IN EAST CHEAP.
50. 50.CHAPTER XLV. — THE CAMP AT TILBURY.
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVI. — THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA.
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVII. — THE PLAYER AT COURT.
53. 53.CHAPTER XLVIII. — SIR THOMAS LUCY IN LONDON.
54. 54.CHAPTER XLIX. — THE THEATRE OF THE BLACKFRIARS.
55. 55.CHAPTER L. — THE SCENIC HOUR.
56. 56.CHAPTER LI. — THE TAVERN.
57. 57.CHAPTER LII. — THE PLAYER IN HIS LODGING.
58. 58.CHAPTER LIII. — THE POET AND HIS PATRON.
59. 59.CHAPTER LIV. — A CONSULTATION.
60. 60.CHAPTER LV. — ILL WEAVED AMBITION.
61. 61.CHAPTER LVI. — THE ASSOCIATES.
62. 62.CHAPTER LVII. — THE POET AND HIS FRIENDS.
63. 63.CHAPTER LVIII. — STRATFORD AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.
64. 64.CHAPTER LIX. — KENILWORTH.
65. 65.CHAPTER LX. — THE RETURN.
66. 66.CHAPTER LXI. — THE DISCOMFITED SCRIVENER.
67. 67.CHAPTER LXII. — OLD FRIENDS.
68. 68.CHAPTER LXIII. — WHICH ENDS THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY. — THE END.

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