All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

"All's Well That Ends Well" by William Shakespeare is a play published in 1623. Helena, a low-born physician's daughter, loves Bertram, a count who considers her beneath him. After curing the King of France, she wins Bertram as her husband, but he cruelly rejects her and sets seemingly impossible conditions for their marriage. Helena must use cleverness and determination to fulfill his demands. This unconventional comedy mixes fairy tale elements with cynical realism, exploring themes of social class, unrequited love, and the troubling question of whether all truly ends well. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title All's Well That Ends Well
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%27s_Well_That_Ends_Well
Credits the PG Shakespeare Team, a team of about twenty Project Gutenberg volunteers
Reading Level Reading ease score: 90.9 (5th grade). Very easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Comedy plays
Subject Married women -- Drama
Subject Runaway husbands -- Drama
Subject Florence (Italy) -- Drama
Category Text
eBook-No. 1529
Release Date
Last Update Sep 19, 2025
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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