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Another opera prep:
The Adventures of Falstaff, by Myron Stagman
This was a nice little book outlining the character of Falstaff, especially in the Henry IV plays of Shakespeare. I really didn't want to read Henry IV, Part 1 or Part 2, so this book was a good idea. Stagman gives much of the pertinent (or impertinent) dialogue involving Falstaff, along with summaries and explications. He didn't cover much of The Merry Wives of Windsor, so I had to go get that from the library today. That's what's up next.
But when I was at the library today, I found this:
Jane Austen's History of England. It's not very long, but it's funny and charming. She wrote in when she was almost 16, and it's a funny parody of histories of England that were used as textbooks when she was young. I liked it very much.
The Adventures of Falstaff, by Myron Stagman
This was a nice little book outlining the character of Falstaff, especially in the Henry IV plays of Shakespeare. I really didn't want to read Henry IV, Part 1 or Part 2, so this book was a good idea. Stagman gives much of the pertinent (or impertinent) dialogue involving Falstaff, along with summaries and explications. He didn't cover much of The Merry Wives of Windsor, so I had to go get that from the library today. That's what's up next.
But when I was at the library today, I found this:
Jane Austen's History of England. It's not very long, but it's funny and charming. She wrote in when she was almost 16, and it's a funny parody of histories of England that were used as textbooks when she was young. I liked it very much.