... to irrespective of social class or position. There are few others who hold such widespread acclaim as William Shakespeare. His writing has influenced several writers through the ages, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, John Steinbeck, Aldous Huxley, William Faulkner and Pearl S Buck, to name a few. A number of writers have quoted Shakespeare in their writing or drawn their titles from his works. Thomas Hardy chose "Under ... the Greenwood Tree" as the title for one of his novels, alluding to the following lines from Shakespeare's "As You Like It": Under the green wood tree / Who loves to ....

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