Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare

"Love's Labour's Lost" by William Shakespeare is a comedy written in the mid-1590s. The King of Navarre and three companions vow to avoid women for three years to pursue study and fasting. Their oath crumbles when the Princess of France and her ladies arrive, sparking romantic entanglements. Through disguises, mistaken identities, and witty wordplay, the men pursue the women—only to face an unconventional ending when sudden news forces the ladies to demand a year's proof of devotion before any weddings can proceed. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title Love's Labour's Lost
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%27s_Labour%27s_Lost
Credits the PG Shakespeare Team, a team of about twenty Project Gutenberg volunteers
Reading Level Reading ease score: 93.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Comedy plays
Subject Courts and courtiers -- Drama
Subject Princesses -- Drama
Subject Navarre (Kingdom) -- Drama
Category Text
EBook-No. 1510
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Sep 18, 2025
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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