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    Shakspere: Personal Recollections
    Shakspere: Personal Recollections
    Shakspere: Personal Recollections
    Audiobook7 hours

    Shakspere: Personal Recollections

    Written by John A. Joyce

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    A fictitious account of a "friend" of William Shakespeare, who accompanies him from his birth to his death and beyond, chronicling Shakespeare's life, adventures, speeches, and impromptu bursts of poetry. (Summary by Tricia G.)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014

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