This special edition is a small format hardcover with a book ribbon and bookplate page, an almost diary-like, intimate gift edition puts Shakespeare’s most famous phrases at your fingertips. The easy-to-use volume organizes more than 3,000 entires by topic and by play and includes everything from single lines to more full length extracts. A key word index makes it easy to pinpoint the passage you’re searching for whether you’re a student, educator or need some literary inspiration to spark your own writing. A glossary of unfamiliar terms and a brief biography of Shakespeare makes this complete dictionary from The Arden Shakespeare an outstanding literary reference of the Bard’s most memorable quotes.