{"lc_classifications": ["PR2878.C7 H3 1969", "PR2878.C7 T6 1762a", "PR2751 .A1506 1923"], "dewey_number": ["822.3/3", "822.33 S5n"], "title": "Cymbeline", "covers": [8997203, 5403491, 2124703, 8222118, 5240224, 1118708, 1799457, 2974399, 9151056, 8824172, 9110172, 9187489, 9294192, 9214038, 9419530, -1, 4848490, 14634113, 5788763, 11525788, 15061351, 10935798, 11309518, 11974316, 12031596, 13754561, 15047981, 14940190, 14940165, 12226248, 14567917], "first_sentence": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "In the scene which dramatizes the central crisis of her fortunes, the heroine of Cymbeline apparently dies, and her brothers speak over her body perhaps the most exquisite lyric in the language, 'Fear no more the heat o'th' sun', whose serene beauty has brought consolation to many a real-life funeral."}, "subject_places": ["Great Britain"], "first_publish_date": "June 1980", "subject_people": ["William Shakespeare (1564-1616)", "Cunobelinus King of the Britons (d. 43?)", "G. B. Harrison (1894-1991,)", "G. B. Harrison (1894-1991)", "Henry Irving Sir (1838-1905)"], "key": "/works/OL258656W", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL9388A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "excerpts": [{"excerpt": "In the scene which dramatizes the central crisis of her fortunes, the heroine of Cymbeline apparently dies, and her brothers speak over her body perhaps the most exquisite lyric in the language, 'Fear no more the heat o'th' sun', whose serene beauty has brought consolation to many a real-life funeral."}], "subjects": ["Drama", "Fathers and daughters", "Kings and rulers", "Britons", "Married people", "History", "Bibliography", "Folios. 1623", "Language", "Tragicomedy", "Fiction", "Classic Literature", "English drama", "History and criticism", "Concordances", "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616", "British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)", "English literature", "Kings and ruler", "Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, cymbeline", "Shakespeare - plays", "& criticism", "English", "Scottish", "& welsh drama", "Historical drama", "Family/domestic drama", "General & miscellaneous drama", "English drama--early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600", "Pr2806.a2 w35 2017", "822.3/3", "Theaters", "Stage-setting and scenery", "Airplanes", "Maintenance and repair", "Motors", "Aeronautics", "Examinations, questions", "Fathers and daughters -- Drama", "Married people -- Drama", "Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. -- Drama", "Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Drama", "Stage history", "Promptbooks", "Translations into Japanese", "Great Britain", "Drama (dramatic works by one author)", "Fiction, general", "Th\u00e9\u00e2tre (Genre litt\u00e9raire)", "Plays (performing arts compositions)", "Succession"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subject_times": ["Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.", "Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D"], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Cymbeline, King of Britain is one of the best-known works of William Shakespeare. It is a romantic play interwoven with war and tragedy. It revolves around Cymbeline and his daughter, Imogen. Imogen does not abide by her father's wishes and marries a lowborn gentleman, Posthumous. After their marriage, Posthumous is banished from Britain, and Imogen is held as a prisoner in the palace. As the play unfolds, the evil plots of the queen, Imogen's stepmother, the jealousy of Posthumous, and the loyalty of Imogen come to light."}, "genres": ["/tags/OL167T", "/tags/OL174T"], "latest_revision": 37, "revision": 37, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-10-24T02:04:29.654597"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-08-30T11:57:51.364223"}}