Books : Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Wordsworth Royals Series)
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by: William Shakespeare
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9781853268953
ISBN: 185326895X
Label: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Manufacturer: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1280
Publication Date: August 05, 1997
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Sales Rank: 85782
Studio: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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Product Description:
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew and As You Like It with their magical combination of humour, ribaldry and tenderness. This volume is a reprint of the Shakespeare Head Press edition, and it presents all the plays in chronological order in which they were written. It also includes Shakespeare's Sonnets, as well as his longer poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good ol' William
It's taken me years to read plenty of Shakespeare, and there will probably always be something to read. He is the master of the drama and comedy.
Rating: - Terrific bargain
I purchased this book for a dear friends birthday. It not only is a very attractive volume, it is a real bargain. All were very pleased
Rating: - FABULOUS
I was impressed by the value and quality of this book.... Outstanding!!!!
A great book, it includes all the famous plays such at Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet, and all of his others. It also includes shakespeares sonnets, which themselves are great. If Shakespeare hadn't written such good plays he'd be famous for his sonnets alone. It is a must have for the drama lover. Or the poetry lover.
William Shakespeare's works make sense out of what it is to be alive. They cover ... Read More
Rating:  - Extra-condensed and unnaproachable
Brian Kendig's previous review says it all, but I wanted to add a caveat to a still-potential buyer: the text is so incredibly condensed that the endings of some of the longer lines are scrunched up in awkward brackets in the white space above, making for a disjointed reading of an already unapproachable edition. (Please read the previous review--it's quite helpful.)
Rating:  - There are some problems about the book
Well, the book contents are strictly what the cover tells, there are no kind of studies or comments about Shakespeare's works, you will find only the pure texts of each story.
Other negative point of the book is its huge size, what makes the reading feasible probably only inside your house; and the tiny letters, what really handicaps the reading.
If you are not going to read every Shakespeare's work don't buy this book, prefer another one.
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