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- As You Like It
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| # | Date | Publisher | Binding | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1623-00-00 |  |
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- Blurb:
- Shakespeare drew the story for As You Like It from a story called "Rosalynde, Euphues" Golden Legacy" written by Thomas Lodge and published in 1590. In Shakespeare"s version, Frederick has usurped the Duchy and exiled his older brother, referred to only as the Duke. The Duke"s daughter Rosalind has been permitted to remain at court because she is the closest friend of Frederick"s only child, Celia. Orlando, a young gentleman of the duchy who has fallen in love with Rosalind, is forced to flee his home after being persecuted by his older brother, Oliver. Frederick becomes angry and orders Rosalind to flee his court. Celia and Rosalind decide to flee together accompanied by the jester Touchstone, with Rosalind disguised as a young man. Rosalind, now known as Ganymede ("Jove"s own page"), and Celia, now known as Aliena (Latin for stranger), arrive in the Forest of Arden, where the exiled Duke now lives with some supporters, including "the melancholy Jaques," who is introduced to us weeping over the slaughter of his pet deer. Ros and Aliena do not immediately encounter the Duke and his companinons, as they meet up with, Colin, an impoverished tenant rancher and offer to buy his master"s rude cottage. Orlando and his servant Adam (a role played by Shakespeare himself), meanwhile, finds the Duke and his men already and is living with them and posting crude love poems for Rosalind on the trees. Rosalind, also in love with Orlando, meets him as Ganymede and pretends to counsel him to cure him of being in love. Meanwhile, the shepherdess Phebe, with whom Silvius is in love, has fallen in love with Ganymede. The cynical Touchstone has also made an amorous advance on the dull-witted shepherd girl Audrey, and attempts to marry her before his plans are thwarted by the intrusive Jaques. Orlando sees Oliver in the forest and rescues him from a lioness, causing Oliver to repent of mistreating Orlando. Oliver meets Aliena and falls in love with her, and they agree to marry. Orlando and Rosalind, Oliver and Celia, Silvius and Phebe, and Touchstone and Audrey all are married in the final scene, after which they discover that Frederick has also repented his faults, deciding to restore his legitimate brother to the dukedom and adopt a religious life.