Venus et Adonis by William Shakespeare
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"Venus et Adonis" by William Shakespeare is a narrative poem published in 1593. Venus, the goddess of love, becomes infatuated with the beautiful young Adonis, who cares only for hunting. She pursues him relentlessly, attempting seduction while he resists her advances. When Adonis insists on hunting a dangerous wild boar despite Venus's warnings, tragic consequences follow. This erotic, comic, and pastoral work explores the nature of love and desire through 1,194 lines
of verse, blending classical mythology with Shakespeare's vivid imagination. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Guizot, François, 1787-1874 |
| Title | Venus et Adonis |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_and_Adonis_(Shakespeare_poem) |
| Credits |
Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Venus (Roman deity) -- Poetry |
| Subject | Adonis (Greek deity) -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 25694 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-25694-8 |
| Release Date | Jun 4, 2008 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 491 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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