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Life of William Shakespeare

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Fact and Fiction About Shakespeare: With Some Account of the Playhouses, Players, and Playwrights of His Period (Stratford-on-Avon: G. Boyden; London: H. Williams, ca. 1894), by Alfred C. Calmour (page images at HathiTrust)
The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story, by Frank Harris (Gutenberg text)
The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story (New York: M. Kennerley, 1909), by Frank Harris
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Shakespeare (London: Macmillan and Co., 1909), by Walter Raleigh
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William Shakspere: A Biography (London: C. Knight, 1851), by Charles Knight (multiple formats at archive.org)
Willobie his Avisa, 1594. With an essay on Willobie his Avisa (John Lane;, 1926), by G. B. Harrison, Thomas Willoughby, Hadrian Dorrell, and Henry Willoughby (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The works of William Shakespeare (Blackie, 1888), by William Shakespeare, Gordon Browne, Edward Dowden, Henry Irving, and Frank A. Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare studies, and essay on English dictionaries (Longmans, Green, and co., 1896), by T. Spencer Baynes and Lewis Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespear (B. Quaritch, 1902), by William Carew Hazlitt (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (The Macmillan company, 1916), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
Willobie his Avisa, 1594 (J. Lane, 1926), by G. B. Harrison, Hadrian Dorrell, and Henry Willoughby (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare's sonnet story, 1592-1598 : restoring the sonnets written to the Earl of Southampton to their original books and correlating them with personal phases of the plays of the sonnet period : with documentary evidence identifying Mistress Davenant as the Dark Lady : with an appendix including a monograph on the Crosse Inn and the Tavern of Oxford (Quaritch, 1922), by Arthur Acheson and E. Thurlow Leeds (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A life of William Shakespeare (Houghton Mifflin, 1923), by Joseph Quincy Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare studies and essay on English dictionaries (Longmans, Green, and co., 1894), by T. Spencer Baynes and Lewis Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
Will Shakspere, factotum and agent (Round table press, inc., 1937), by Alden Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (The Macmillan Company, 1909), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (Smith, Elder & co., 1915), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's life and work : being an abridgement, chiefly for the use of students, of a life of William Shakespeare (Macmillan, 1907), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
William Shakespeare : poet, dramatist, and man (Macmillan, 1900), by Hamilton Wright Mabie (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare (The Macmillan Company;, 1907), by Walter Alexander Raleigh (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Memoirs of the life of William Shakespeare, with an essay toward the expression of his genius, and an account of the rise and progress of the English drama. (Little, Brown, and company, 1865), by Richard Grant White (page images at HathiTrust)
The life of Shakespeare. Copied from the best sources, without comment. (Little, Brown, and company, 1893), by Daniel W. Wilder (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespere; a critical biography and an estimate of the facts, fancies, forgeries, and fabrications, regarding his life and works, which have appeared in remote and recent literature. (Houlston and Wright, 1861), by Samuel Neil (page images at HathiTrust)
Der mythus von William Shakspere. Eine kritik der Shakspere'schen biographie (H. B. König, 1851), by Nikolaus Delius (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakspeareana genealogica. Part I. Identification of the dramatis personæ in Shakspeare's historical plays: from K. John to K. Henry VIII. Notes on characters in Macbeth and Hamlet. Persons and places belonging to Warwickshire, alluded to in several plays. Part II. The Shakspeare and Arden families, and their connections: with tables of descent. (Macmillan and co., 1869), by George Russell French (page images at HathiTrust)
The women of Shakespeare's family (John Lane, 1905), by Mary Rose (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's lost years in London, 1586-1592, giving new light on the pre-sonnet period; showing the inception of relations between Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton and displaying John Florio as Sir John Falstaff (B. Quaritch, 1920), by Arthur Acheson (page images at HathiTrust)
Historic Warwickshire: its legendary lore, traditionary stories, and romantic episodes. (Simpkin, Marshall, and co.; [etc., etc., 1876), by Joseph Tom Burgess (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon, a "chronicle of the time": comprising the salient facts and traditions, biographical, topographical, and historical, connected with the poet and his birth-place; together with a full record of the Tercentenary celebration. (Whittaker and co; [etc., etc.], 1864), by Robert E. Hunter and Shakespeare Tercentenary Committee (1864 : Stratford-on-Avon) (page images at HathiTrust)
The hidden lives of Shakespeare and Bacon and their business connection; with some revelations of Shakespeare's early struggles, 1587-1592. (Printed for the author at the Chiswick press, 1897), by W. G. Thorpe (page images at HathiTrust)
New illustrations of the life, studies, and writings of Shakespeare. (J. B. Nichols and Son, 1845), by Joseph Hunter (page images at HathiTrust)
A series of papers on Shakespeare and the theatre, together with papers on Edward Alleyn and early records illustrating the personal life of Shakespeare (Pub. for the Shakespeare Association by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927), by Shakespeare Association (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The life of William Shakespeare. Including many particulars respecting the poet and his family never before published. (J. R. Smith, 1848), by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
Original collections on Shakespeare & Stratford-on-Avon (Printed by T. Richards, 1864), by John Jordan and J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
Outlines of the life of Shakespeare. (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1883), by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
Outlines of the life of Shakspeare. (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887), by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare truth and tradition (E. Arnold & co., 1928), by John Semple Smart and W. Macneile Dixon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare the player : and other papers illustrative of Shakespeare's individuality (Constable and company, ltd., 1916), by Alexander Cargill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
What we really know about Shakespeare. (Roberts brothers, 1886), by Caroline Wells Healey Dall (page images at HathiTrust)
The backgrounds of Shakespeare's plays (American Book Co., 1950), by Karl Julius Holzknecht (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (J. Murray, 1922), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare's self. (Allan, 1920), by W. Teignmouth Shore (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's autobiographical poems : being his sonnets clearly developed : with his character drawn chiefly from his works (J. Bohn, 1838), by Charles Armitage Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
Essays on Shakespeare (Macmillan, 1874), by Karl Elze and L. Dora Schmitz (page images at HathiTrust)
The visits of Shakespeare's company of actors to the provincial cities and towns of England (For private circulation and for presents only, 1887), by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
William Shakespeare. : Eine biographische studie (E.A. Fleischmann's buchhandlung (A. Rohsold), 1864), by Adolf Bekk (page images at HathiTrust)
William Shakespeare (Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1876), by Karl Elze (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's leben und werke (Verlag des Bibliographischen instituts, 1874), by Rudolf Genée (page images at HathiTrust)
Ergänzungen und berichtungen der hergebrachten Shakespeare-biographie (A. Deichert, 1884), by Ernst Hermann (page images at HathiTrust)
William Shakespeare and William Shaksper; dual or singular? (P.S. King & son, ltd., 1922), by Edward Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
An argument on the assumed birthday of Shakspere; reduced to shape A.D.1864. (F. Shoberl, 1864), by Bolton Corney (page images at HathiTrust)
The man Shakespeare and his tragic life story (F. Palmer, 1909), by Frank Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
The man Shakespeare and his tragic life-story (M. Kennerley, 1923), by Frank Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's town and times. By H. Snowden Ward and Catharine Weed Ward ... (Dawbarn & Ward, 1901), by H. Snowden Ward and Catharine Weed Barnes Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
Reliques of Stratford-on-Avon : a souvenir of Shakespeare's home (J. Lane, 1902), by William Shakespeare, Thomas R. Way, and A. E. Way (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare's love story, 1580-1609 (A.C. McClurg & co., 1909), by Anna Benneson McMahan (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakspeare tercentenary number. April 23, 1864. (W. & R. Chambers], 1864) (page images at HathiTrust)
Two great poets : William Shakespeare, Alfred, lord Tennyson (W. & R. Chambers, limited, 1898), by Evan J. Cuthbertson (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakspeare : a biography (A. and C. Black, 1864), by Thomas De Quincey (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare and his times; including the biography of the poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusement superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age. (Baudry's European library, 1838), by Nathan Drake (page images at HathiTrust)
Outlines of the life of Shakespeare. (Longmans, Green, and co., 1889), by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (Smith, Elder, & Co., 1898), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (Smith, Elder, & co., 1905), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (Smith, Elder, & co., 1908), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A life of William Shakespeare (J. Murray, 1923), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
William Shakespeare. : Sein leben und seine werke (G. Weigand, 1901), by Sidney Lee, Richard Paul Wülker, and Martha Schwabe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare's life and work; being an abridgment, chiefly for the use of students, of a Life of William Shakespeare (Smith Elder, & co., 1900), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare (Macmillan & co., ltd., 1907), by Walter Raleigh (page images at HathiTrust)
Life and genius of Shakespeare (Little, Brown, 1866), by Richard Grant White (page images at HathiTrust)
The Shakespearean enigma and an Elizabethan mania (American Library Service, 1924), by John F. Forbis (page images at HathiTrust)
A new view & life of Shakespeare. (Drane, 1924), by H. P. Baker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare rediscovered : by means of public records, secret reports & private correspondence newly set forth as evidence on his life & work (C. Scribner's Sons, 1938), by Clara Longworth Chambrun (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare the man and his stage (Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1923), by E. A. Greening Lamborn and G. B. Harrison (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare's London : a study of London in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. (Dent, 1897), by T. Fairman Ordish (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's London : a commentary on Shakespeare's life and work in London (J.M. Dent, 1904), by T. Fairman Ordish (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare der mensch (B. Tauchnitz, 1923), by Helene Richter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A biography of William Shakespeare, set forth as his life drama (The William Harvey Miner co., inc., 1922), by Denton Jaques Snider (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare, der dichter und sein werk (C. H. Beck, 1907), by Max Josef Wolff (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Outlines of the life of Shakespeare (Longmans, Green, and co., 1884), by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
Life of Shakespeare (Longmans, 1885), by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (D. Estes & company, 1904), by W. J. Rolfe (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare and his birth-place: containing a biography of the poet, and a guide to Stratford-upon-Avon and its vicinity ... (T. Nelson and sons, 1859), by Thomas Nelson Publishers (page images at HathiTrust)
Some account of the life of Mr. William Shakespear (1709) (Augustan Reprint Society, 1948), by Nicholas Rowe (page images at HathiTrust)
Works of William Shakespeare. (William Heinemann, 1905), by William Shakespeare and Georg Brandes (page images at HathiTrust)
The century Shakespeare. (Cassell & Co., 1908), by William Shakespeare, John James Munro, and Frederick James Furnivall (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's complete works and life, in four volumes (J. Finch, 1904), by William Shakespeare, Sidney Lee, William Aldis Wright, and William George Clark (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Larger Temple Shakespeare (J.M. Dent, 1899), by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's works (Printed for subscribers only by Croscup and Sterling Co., 1904), by William Shakespeare and Georg Brandes (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's works (J.D. Morris, 1901), by William Shakespeare and Evangeline M. O'Connor (page images at HathiTrust)
The plays of William Shakspeare (Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823), by William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers, Edmond Malone, and George Steevens (page images at HathiTrust)
The complete works of William Shakespeare, comprising his plays and poems, with a history of the stage, a life of the poet, and an introduction to each play: the text of the plays corrected by the manuscript emendations contained in the recently discovered folio of 1632. (G.F. Cooledge and brother, 1855), by William Shakespeare, John L. Jewett, and John Payne Collier (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare. (Houghton Mifflin, 1951), by Joseph Quincy Adams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare : supplement zu den Werken des Dichters (J.G. Cotta'sche, 1887), by Max Koch (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's story of his life (G. Richards, 1904), by Charles Creighton (page images at HathiTrust)
The life of William Shakspere; ter-centennial address (N.C. book depot, 1916), by Willard Gibson Day (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare the Englishman (Register newspapers limited, printers, 1929), by Josiah Henry Symon (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's lost years in London 1586-1592, giving new light on the pre-sonnet period; showing the inception of relations between Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton and displaying John Florio as Sir John Falstaff (Brentano's, 1920), by Arthur Acheson (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare; selective bibliography and biographical notes (Wellesley college, 1913), by Katharine Lee Bates and Lilla Weed (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A life of William Shakespeare (The Macmillan company, 1906), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (L.C. Page & Co., 1904), by W. J. Rolfe (page images at HathiTrust)
Annals of the life and work of William Shakespeare : collected from the most recent authorities. (Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886), by Joseph Cundall (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakspeare and his times : including the biography of the poet, criticisms on his genius and writings, a new chronology of his plays, a disquisition on the object of his sonnets, and a history of the manners, customs, amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age (Baudry's European Library, 1838), by Nathan Drake (page images at HathiTrust)
Outlines of the life of Shakespeare. (Longmans, Green, 1907), by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's life and work. (The Macmillan company, 1900), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere (C. Knight, 1851), by William Shakespeare and Charles Knight (page images at HathiTrust)
The plays of William Shakespeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. ; with glossarial notes. (Printed for J. Johnson ... , 1803), by William Shakespeare and George Steevens (page images at HathiTrust)
Plays of William Shakespeare (H. S. Carey and I. Lea, 1823), by William Shakespeare and George Steevens (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare, his life and times : including a certified bibliography of literature relating to his works (Hurst & Company, 1902), by T. Spencer Baynes and William Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
The plays of William Shakspeare : accurately printed from the text of Mr. Steevens's last edition with a selection of the most important notes. (Printed for T. Longman, ... [et al.], 1797), by William Shakespeare and George Steevens (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare, a biography. (Adams and Charles Black, 1864), by Thomas De Quincey (page images at HathiTrust)
The plays of William Shakspeare... (Printed for T. Longman, ... [et al.], 1797), by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's life and work; being an abridgment, chiefly for the use of students, of a Life of William Shakespeare. (Smith, Elder, 1907), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (Smith, Elder & co., 1916), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
The Biography and bibliography of Shakespeare. (AMS Press, 1972), by Henry George Bohn and Philobiblon Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
What we really know about Shakespeare. (Roberts brothers, 1886), by Caroline Wells Healey Dall (page images at HathiTrust)
William Shakspere; a biography (C. Knight and co.], 1843), by Charles Knight (page images at HathiTrust)
The works of William Shakespeare, comprising his dramatic and poetical works, complete (Phillips, Sampson;, 1855), by William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers, and George Stevens (page images at HathiTrust)
Life of Shakespeare, poems, sonnets (The Wyman-Fogg Company, 1901), by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's London; a study of London in the reign of Queen Elizabeth (Corner House Publishers, 1897), by T. Fairman Ordish (page images at HathiTrust)
Life of Shakespeare. (Funk & Wagnalls, 1909), by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakspere (Virtue, 1865), by Charles Knight (page images at HathiTrust)
Biographical essays (Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850), by Thomas De Quincey (page images at HathiTrust)
Life of William Shakespeare. (AMS Press, 1973), by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare; selective bibliography and biographical notes (Wellesley college, 1914), by Katharine Lee Bates and Lilla Weed (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's life and work: being an abridgment, chiefly for the use of students, of a Life of William Shakespeare. (The Macmillan company;, 1902), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A life of William Shakespeare (The Macmillan company, 1912), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
A descriptive calendar of the ancient manuscripts and records in the possession of the corporation of STratford-upon-Avon (Printed by J. E. Adlard, 1863), by Stratford-upon-Avon (England) and J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
I. Willobie's Avisa, 1594. II. 'Apologie', 1596. III. The victorie of English chastitie, 1596. IV. Penelope's complaint by Peter Close, 1596. (Printed for the subscribers [by C.E. Sims, Manchester], 1880), by Alexander Balloch Grosart, Peter Colse, G. B. Harrison, Hadrian Dorrell, and Henry Willoughby (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (The Macmillan company;, 1898), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
A book about Shakespeare written for young people (T. Nelson, 1898), by Jean N. McIlwraith (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (Macmillan, 1916), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare; life and work (Cassell & co., ltd., 1908), by Frederick James Furnivall and John James Munro (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
In the days of Shakespeare. (A.S. Barnes, 1905), by Tudor Jenks (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Shakespeare at home (Hussey & Gillingham, 1905), by Josiah Henry Symon (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (The Macmillan company, 1917), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
William Shakespeare (The Macmillan Company ;, 1899), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
The plays of William Shakspeare, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens. With a selection of explanatory and historical notes, from the most eminent commentators; a history of the stage, a life of Shakespeare, &c.[edited] by Alexander Chalmers. (J. Nichols [et al.], 1811), by William Shakespeare, George Steevens, and Alexander Chalmers (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare. With portraits and facsimiles. (Macmillan, 1898), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (Duckworth and Co., 1905), by W. J. Rolfe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Biographies of Shakespeare, Pope, Goethe, and Schiller, and on the political parties of modern England. (AMS Press, 1971), by Thomas De Quincey (page images at HathiTrust)
What we really know about Shakespeare. (Roberts brothers, 1885), by Caroline Wells Healey Dall (page images at HathiTrust)
A life of William Shakespeare (Smith, Elder, 1898), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare's town and time (J. B. Lippincott, 1909), by H. Snowden Ward and Catharine Weed Barnes Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
The pictorial edition of the works of Shakspeare (P. F. Collier, 1800), by William Shakespeare and Charles Knight (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakespeare (Macmillan, 1918), by Walter Raleigh (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A life of William Shakespeare (Macmillan, 1923), by Sidney Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
William Shakespeare ; biography and selections from his writings, written especially for school reading (Taylorville, Ill. : Parker, [1930?], 1930), by Florence V. Skeffington and William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A Life of William Shakespeare: with portraits and facsimiles, by Sidney Lee (Gutenberg ebook)
Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear (1709), by Nicholas Rowe, contrib. by Samuel Holt Monk (Gutenberg ebook)

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