Shakespeare Box Set

by William Shakespeare

For fans of the Bard is a deluxe box set of our three classic Shakespeare mini William The Complete Plays in One Sitting, The Bard's Guide to Abuses and Affronts, and Love Sonnets of Shakespeare . With this collection, readers will have access to comprehensive summaries of each of Shakespeare's 36 famous plays, the most eloquent of Shakespeare's insults, and love sonnets to woo the most sought-after lover. The publication of this box set coincides with the BBC's Shakespeare Project 2016, which celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

Genres: Classics, Plays, Poetry

680 pages, Hardcover

Published March 29, 2016

About the author

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner ("sharer") of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men after the ascension of King James VI and I of Scotland to the English throne. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive; this has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, his sexuality, his religious beliefs, and even certain fringe theories as to whether the works attributed to him were written by others.
Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best works produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language. In the last phase of his life, he wrote tragicomedies (also known as romances) and collaborated with other playwrights.
Many of Shakespeare's plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. However, in 1623, John Heminge and Henry Condell, two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare's, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works that includes 36 of his plays. Its Preface was a prescient poem by Ben Jonson, a former rival of Shakespeare, that hailed Shakespeare with the now famous epithet: "not of an age, but for all time".

Reviews

[Liz Castillo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Éstos minibooks los tenía de adorno porque no me llamaba la atención leer en inglés peroooo valientemente les entré...
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Los 3 libritos son:
*El rosado, sonetos para enamorar
*El anaranjado, resumen completo de las 36 obras de Shakespeare
*El café, guía del Bardo para "insultos"
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Me gustaron? Si 👌
Fácil de leer? No para mí 😅
Mi favorito? El de insultos elocuentes 😎
Qué tal el de sonetos? Ni lo vi 😛 (no soy muy culta jajaja)

Recomendables si te gusta este estilo de lectura, en mi caso fue un regalo 🤘🖤

[terka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tiny little cube with three adorable little books in it. You know I had to get it.

The orange book has summaries of all Shakespeare’s plays.

The pink book contains his love sonnets. (Including my most beloved sonnet 66)

The brown book has his smart insults.

Yeah, it’s silly. But it looks so damn adorable on my bookshelf. More of a novelty item for an experienced Shakespeare reader though.

[Natalie Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful collection of one of my favorite play writer and poet of all times (as most people’s). I feel that I might have needed to be born in a different century because I love him so much. The writer of this collection has an amazing way of understanding Shakespeare’s works truly a treasure in a box and tiny books that saved me.