HIS TRAGIC LIFE STORY

By Frank Harris

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY FRIEND, ERNEST BECKETT (NOW LORD GRIMTHORPE),
A MAN OF MOST EXCELLENT DIFFERENCES, WHO UNITES TO A GENIUS FOR
PRACTICAL THINGS A PASSIONATE SYMPATHY FOR ALL HIGH ENDEAVOUR IN
LITERATURE AND ART

CONTENTS

[ INTRODUCTION ]

[ BOOK I. SHAKESPEARE PAINTED BY HIMSELF ]

[ CHAPTER I. HAMLET: ROMEO—JAQUES ]

[ CHAPTER II. HAMLET—MACBETH ]

[ CHAPTER III. DUKE VINCENTIO—POSTHUMUS ]

[ CHAPTER IV. SHAKESPEARE'S MEN OF ACTION: THE BASTARD, ARTHUR, AND KING RICHARD II. ]

[ CHAPTER V. SHAKESPEARE'S MEN OF ACTION (continued). HOT-SPUR, HENRY V., RICHARD III. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. SHAKESPEARE'S MEN OF ACTION (concluded): KING HENRY VI. AND RICHARD III. ]

[ CHAPTER VII. SHAKESPEARE AS LYRIC POET: “TWELFTH NIGHT” ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. SHAKESPEARE'S HUMOUR: FALSTAFF ]

[
BOOK II. ]

[ CHAPTER I. SHAKESPEARE'S EARLY ATTEMPTS TO PORTRAY HIMSELF AND HIS WIFE: BIRON, ADRIANA, VALENTINE ]

[ CHAPTER II. SHAKESPEARE AS ANTONIO, THE MERCHANT ]

[ CHAPTER III. THE SONNETS: PART I. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. THE SONNETS: PART II. ]

[ CHAPTER V. THE SONNETS: PART III. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST-FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE: BRUTUS ]

[ CHAPTER VII. DRAMAS OF REVENGE AND JEALOUSY: HAMLET. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. DRAMAS OF REVENGE AND JEALOUSY: PART II “OTHELLO” ]

[ CHAPTER IX. DRAMAS OF LUST: PART I. Troilus and Cressida ]

[ CHAPTER X. DRAMAS OF LUST: PART II. Antony and Cleopatra ]

[ CHAPTER XI. THE DRAMA OF MADNESS: “LEAR” ]

[ CHAPTER XII. THE DRAMA OF DESPAIR: “TIMON OF ATHENS” ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. SHAKESPEARE'S LAST ROMANCES: ALL COPIES. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE ]

[ CHAPTER XV. SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE—continued ]

[ INDEX. ]

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