- Leather Bound: 1376 pages
- Publisher: Gramercy; New edition edition (Sep 8 1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0517053616
- ISBN-13: 978-0517053614
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16 x 7.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.9 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #165,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This complete and unabridged edition contains every word that Shakespeare wrote — all 37 tragedies, comedies, and histories, plus the sonnets. You’ll find such classics as The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew. This Library of Literary Classics edition is bound in padded leather with luxurious gold-stamping on the front and spine, satin ribbon marker and gilded edges. Other titles in this series include: Charlotte & Emily Bronte: The Complete Novels; Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Works; Mark Twain: Selected Works; Charles Dickens: Four Complete Novels; Lewis Carroll: The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works; and Jane Austen: The Complete Novels.
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Complete and unabridged edition containing all 37 tragedies, comedies, and histories, plus the sonnets.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Book for Shelf - Not Terribly Accessible Shakespeare,
This review is from: William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Deluxe Edition (Leather Bound)
I originally bought this book used and later discovered that this was the ideal situation. It is handy to have all of Shakespeare's works (plays and sonnets) under one cover, but there are several drawbacks. Each page is split into two columns, causing the plays to be read like a newspaper. Since linebreaks are important in Shakespeare (remember the iambic pentameter), some lines are too long for the margins, causing the remaining words to hover like ghosts away from the sentence.Also, this book contains no footnotes. This is mainly how buying the individual play is superior to the collected works. Olde English isn't always intuitive, and this particular book leaves you to find out a word's meaning for yourself. But this book certainly looks pretty on your shelf. :)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shakespere as it was meant to be read,
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This review is from: William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Deluxe Edition (Leather Bound)
This book is exactly what it claims to be: the complete works of Shakespere. I strongly disagree with the reviewer who believes this is a waste of money. It is beautifully bound, has clear type, and allows you to draw your own conclusions rather than depending on the Cliffs Note summary that a paperback single will provide you. Perhaps not for the student who needs to produce an essay by morning, it is still a lovely book that puts me in the mood for a glass of wine and a leisurely read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Writer, actor, poet-unless you have his experience...,
This review is from: William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Deluxe Edition (Leather Bound)
I know-I have never read this particular edition of Shakespheare. But I got sick of reading "THIS IS THE WORST BOOK EVER...BORING."I act Shakespheare. I memorize passages and I savor them. It's boring, huh? Pick it back up-Turn to The Tempest or The Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespheare even had the guts in Midsummer Night's Dream, the last scene, the "Play Scene" to make fun of himself-some say he may have been even making fun of Romeo and Juliet. The story of Pyramous and Thisbee is awfully similar. Read each speech as a poem. Emphasize stress. Read out loud. Why The Tempest? I picked that-not only because it is a great comedy, but to prove the depth of the characters. Calliban is a monster, a possessive evil, and yes drunken wise man. He shows more sense about his schemes than the two drunks, which fit in perfectly, proving Prospero's power. Shakespheare made mistakes in his plays. Some of them are not good, but there are aprox. 40 of them, so try them. Nevertheless, each mistake has a jewel. I don't particularly think Romeo and Juliet matches the wonderful romance of Trolius and Cressida, but I can't help thinking about Mercutio, the wise man who makes up Queen Mab to mock Romeo, or the nurse who loves marriage so much that she becomes a poor advisor to Juliet. Look carefully-and you will love the characters that do sound clear after 400 years. If you don't beleive me, go out and buy the paperback edition of one of his plays or click to it. You can also view them all online. With that all said, The Riverside is great, and the individual Arden's and Oxford's are great. Get one with footnotes. You don't have to understand every line in order to enjoy the poetry. I don't neccessarily.
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