{"product_id":"the-little-book-of-shakespeares-insults-biting-barbs-and-poisonous-put-downs-9781911610748","title":"The Little Book of Shakespeare's Insults: Biting Barbs and Poisonous Put-Downs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAway, you scullion, you rampallion, you fustilarian \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with penning some of the most sublime passages in all of English Literature, Shakespeare was a master when it came to casting a wicked comeback or hurling a barbed insult. Whether it's Prospero calling Caliban a \"freckled whelp, hag-born\" in The Tempest or King Lear railing against his daughter Goneril with the damning words, \"Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood\", Shakespeare didn't hold back when it came to getting creative with his slights.\u003c\/p\u003e Packed full of eloquent stings and poisonous putdowns, this is the perfect resource for anyone looking to scorn an enemy - without resorting to swearing  \u003cb\u003e\"Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat's-tongue, bull's-pizzle, you stock-fish \"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry IV Part I (Act 2, Scene 4)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Away, you three-inch fool.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew (Act 4, Scene 1)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Go, prick thy face, and over-red thy fear, Thou lily-liver'd boy.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMacbeth (Act 5, Scene 3)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Comedy of Errors (Act 5, Scene 4)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orange Hippo!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911610748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.50h x 4.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Hippo! Orange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39329533919413,"sku":"9781911610748","price":7.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ea2f06de-132e-471d-b226-9fb88be498b7.jpg?v=1614691854","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-little-book-of-shakespeares-insults-biting-barbs-and-poisonous-put-downs-9781911610748","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}