TheWinter'sTale(CollinsClassics)

HarperCollinsisproudtopresentitsincrediblerangeofbest-loved,essentialclassics.ConsideredoneofShakespeare'smosthauntingtragic-comedies,TheWinter'sTaleisanin-depthanalysisofthepsychologyoffamilyandfriendship,jealousyandlove,artandnature,allillustratedinrichpoetry.BasedonRobertGreene'sstoryPandosto,theplaytellsthestoryofLeontes,kingofSicilia,andhischildhoodfriend,Polixenes,kingofBohemia.Inajealousrage,LeontesmistakenlyaccusesPolixenesandhisownhiswife,Hermione,ofadulteryandhernewborndaughterasillegitimate,castingherintothewilderness,causingtheirsontodieofgriefandHermionetoseeminglyfollowsuit.Withhisfamilydeadorbelieveddead,Leontesmustfacethetragicconsequencesofhisactions.Withunbridledhonestyandthepainoflove,thefinalactisoneofShakespeare'smostmovingreconciliationscenes.