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As You Like It is a play, a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare. Summary of the Book Rosalind is trying to escape persecution at her uncle’s court. Her cousin Celia and the court jester, Touchstone, go with her. They are headed to the Forest of Arden, where Rosalind hopes to find safety and love. To the Bard of Avon, all the world’s a stage and this is one of his finest plays. About William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and writer. Best remembered for his plays, he is called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". Shakespeare's plays have been adapted into several movies, and they are enacted in theatres around the world even to this day, centuries after his death. His works came to the spotlight in the Nineteenth century and he was idolized by the Romantics. A prolific writer and poet, he is also known for his poems, mainly the Sonnets.