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The Illustrated Book of Shakespeare's Verse
Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest English-lagnguage playwright of all time. He was a natural poet, writing some long narrative poems, many sonnets and much of his plays in rhyming or blank verse. His sonnets have been praised as a profound meditation on the nature of love, sexual passion, procreation, death, and time. This beautifully bound and illustrated book contains a carefully chosen selection of the bard's verse, from Sonnet 18's 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer s Day?' and Sonnet 116's 'Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds', to Hamlet's speech 'To be, or not to be'. It would make a very special gift to any fan of Shakespeare."
- GenresPoetry
160 pages, Hardcover
First published January 15, 2015
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December 27, 2019
"Beauty, truth, and rarity
Grace is all simplicity."
A work of art, not a book, on displaying complex emotion-love. Accompanied with angelic pieces of art, I truly can say, I have never held such masterpiece. The book is so beautiful; it makes you feel, it makes you to admire, and long for love. For idealists, for romantics, for the lovers of beauty.
Everything, that this book withholds, left me speechless. It did justice to Shakespeare as much as for the artists.
Awe in a book
Grace is all simplicity."
A work of art, not a book, on displaying complex emotion-love. Accompanied with angelic pieces of art, I truly can say, I have never held such masterpiece. The book is so beautiful; it makes you feel, it makes you to admire, and long for love. For idealists, for romantics, for the lovers of beauty.
Everything, that this book withholds, left me speechless. It did justice to Shakespeare as much as for the artists.
Awe in a book
March 31, 2024
10/10
The form of this book magnifies me. I know I will be coming back to it simply because of how beautiful it is. The poems - of course they are. But to experience them in the presence such of works of art that were inspired by love, women and nature, adds even more to this beauty. And to be able to add more to Shakespearean poetry - wow. About the poems themselves - it was my first time reading poetry in English (it’s my second language) and although it was a challenge, I loved every minute of it. To finally get what the author meant or to be absolutely stunned by the perception of love, grief or sorrow - it is some other experience when you don’t read it in your native language. Or when you read the original text - the r e a l words of Shakespeare, not the translation. Would do that again, will do that again - and I recommend you to do so to.
The form of this book magnifies me. I know I will be coming back to it simply because of how beautiful it is. The poems - of course they are. But to experience them in the presence such of works of art that were inspired by love, women and nature, adds even more to this beauty. And to be able to add more to Shakespearean poetry - wow. About the poems themselves - it was my first time reading poetry in English (it’s my second language) and although it was a challenge, I loved every minute of it. To finally get what the author meant or to be absolutely stunned by the perception of love, grief or sorrow - it is some other experience when you don’t read it in your native language. Or when you read the original text - the r e a l words of Shakespeare, not the translation. Would do that again, will do that again - and I recommend you to do so to.
July 31, 2020
This book is incredibly beautiful, a must have for all lovers of art and Shakespeare's poetry.
August 16, 2020
aprovecho que tuve que leer algunos sonetos de shakespeare para la escuela para marcar este libro tan bonito como leído.
December 23, 2024
Uno de los libros más bonitos que he leído. Viva Shakespeare y todo lo que escribió.
December 16, 2025
A beautiful marriage of art and poetry. Shakespeare’s verses come alive through stunning illustrations, making this book as much a visual treasure as a literary one.
August 15, 2016
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