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Benedick and beatrice the main couple, and claudio and hero the secondary couple. Much ado about nothing by william shakespeare on free. Much ado about nothing casts the lovers benedick and beatrice in a witty war of words while the young claudio is tricked into believing his love hero has been unfaithful in this play that combines robust humor with explorations on honor and shame. The action is set in sicily, where don pedro, prince of aragon, has recently defeated his halfbrother, the bastard don john, in a military engagement. The standard ebooks edition of much ado about nothing. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. It is believed to have been written between 1598 and 1599, and is considered to be a perfect combination of humor and serious contemplations on subjects of shame, public honor, and bureaucratic politics. The authoritative edition of much ado about nothing. Much ado about nothing by shakespeare, william ebook.
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