TY - BOOK AU - Shakespeare,William TI - Timon of Athens AV - PR PY - 2000/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Tragedies (Drama) KW - Timon of Athens (Legendary character) -- Drama KW - Athens (Greece) -- Drama N1 - There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #100; Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timon_of_Athens; Release date is 2000-07-01; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Timon of Athens" by William Shakespeare is a play written around 1606. Timon, a wealthy Athenian, generously showers his friends with lavish gifts and money until his fortune runs dry. When he seeks help, those same companions abandon him. Betrayed and bitter, Timon retreats to a wilderness cave, cursing humanity and embracing misanthropy. There he discovers gold, attracting former friends and a vengeful general marching on Athens. The play explores the dark consequences of false friendship and the transformation from boundless generosity to complete hatred of mankind. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2262 ER -