A Hundred Merry Tales: The Shakespeare Jest Book

by John Rastell

Book Overview

Rastell's A Hundred Merry Tales was the first English jest book, and would set a pattern for succeeding generations, who came to see it as a window on a lost 'Merry England.'

Originally published in 1524-5, this charming collection of amusing (sometimes scurrilous) anecdotes was celebrated by contemporaries among the defining books of the Tudor era, and is even name-checked by Shakespeare.

This new edition of A Hundred Merry Tales presents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910075086
• ISBN13: 9781910075081
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Welkin Books Ltd
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"