Richard II
William Shakespeare · 1597 · Fiction
Full text · 5 chaptersNarrated in your voice
What it's about
Richard II banishes his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and seizes his inheritance; Bolingbroke returns with an army, and Richard, eloquent and self-pitying, gives up the crown. A history written entirely in verse, and the first play of the cycle that runs through Henry V.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Readers starting Shakespeare's history cycle at the beginning - Anyone interested in what makes a king legitimate - Lovers of poetry on the stage
What’s inside
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