Download or read book Loves Labours Lost Annotated and Illustrated (Penguin Classic) written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-11 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, and first published in 1598.The play opens with the King of Navarre and three noble companions, Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, taking an oath to devote themselves to three years of study, promising not to give in to the company of women -- Berowne somewhat more hesitantly than the others.