{"product_id":"alls-well-that-ends-well-classic-reprint","title":"AllS Well That Ends Well (Classic Reprint)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAllS Well That Ends Well Is One Of ShakespeareS Most Beguiling Plays. It Is A Comedy, Yet Seems To Lack Maturity In Its Development And Tacks On A Somewhat Truncated Ending. For These Reasons, Along With Lines In The Play, Some Speculate That It Is Actually A Lost Play, A Companion For LoveS Labor Lost, Which Would Have Been Entitled LoveS Labor Won. A Lost Play Is One That Lacked ShakespeareS Final Revisions. The Protagonist Of AllS Well That Ends Well Is The Beautiful Helena, Who Pursues Bertram, A Man Well Above Her Station At The French Court Of Rousillon. Bertram Is In Mourning For His Late Father, But He Is Also A Cad With No Redeeming Traits. When Helena Saves The King And Is Given Her Choice Of Husband, She Chooses Bertram, But He Refuses Her Unless She Can Put A Ring On His Finger And Produce An Heir. Many Hijinks Ensue, Including The Infamous Bed Trick. Shakespeare Drew Upon Multiple Sources For The Play, Including Most Directly William PainterS Palace Of Pleasure, And One Of The Tales From BoccaccioS The Decameron. The Title Is A Reference To The Biblical Proverb, Which Means That The Problems During The Journey Are Meaningless So Long As The Eventual Outcome Ends Well. HelenaS Love For Bertram Is Puzzling Because Bertram Is One Of The BardS Most Unlikeable Characters. However, The Conflict Between The Wonderful Helena And The Awful Bertram Is What Drives The Reader To Finish The Play. For Shakespeare Scholars, Theater Buffs And Students, AllS Well That Ends Well Is A Mystery Worth Pursuing. About The Publisher Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At This Book Is A Reproduction Of An Important Historical Work. Forgotten Books Uses State-Of-The-Art Technology To Digitally Reconstruct The Work, Preserving The Original Format Whilst Repairing Imperfections Present In The Aged Copy. In Rare Cases, An Imperfection In The Original, Such As A Blemish Or Missing Page, May Be Replicated In Our Edition. We Do, However, Repair The Vast Majority Of Imperfections Successfully; Any Imperfections That Remain Are Intentionally Left To Preserve The State Of Such Historical Works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forgotten Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45879506698438,"sku":"DADAX1330047966","price":18.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/61zc9fUfKzL.jpg?v=1779709699","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/alls-well-that-ends-well-classic-reprint","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}