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A Warwickshire Lad: The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare

by Martin, George Madden

A Warwickshire Lad: The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare by Martin, George Madden explores childhood and youth.

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A Warwickshire Lad: The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare is a work by Martin, George Madden. Its subjects include Childhood and youth.

From the opening pages: “Little Will Shakespeare was going homeward through the dusk from Gammer Gurton's fireside. He had no timorous fears, not he. He would walk proudly and deliberately as becomes a man. Men are not afraid. Yet Gammer had told of strange happenings at her home. A magpie had flown screaming over the roof, the butter would not come in the churn, an' a strange cat had slipped out afore the maid at daybreak--a cat without a tail, Gammer said--”

Author
Martin, George Madden
Category
Fiction
Language
English

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