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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Deluxe Edition (Leather Bound)

by William Shakespeare (Author)
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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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4.0 out of 5 stars It's NOT Old English, Jun 11 2004
By A Customer
While Shakespeare was producing much of his work hundreds of years ago, he belongs to the Early Modern era of the English Language. This particular period started approximately 60 years before he was born.

Many of the comments seem to think that the stilted grammar and flow (that only occur to current speakers of the language)determine whether a work is written in Old English. Some have mentioned Beowulf, which very few have likely read untranslated. If you can't understand a translated work, blame the person who authored IT and not the original work.

Old English approximates a German sound. If one were to hear something read in OE, they may guess the language was an older form of German. Middle English, the sort you'll come across reading UNTRANSLATED Chaucer, is much closer to what many would recognize as an English sounding language. It was highly ornate and approximated and Irish sound.

Early Modern English is basically what we are provided with when encountering Shakespeare. The language isn't as difficult to navigate as the references, especially in Shakespeare, which are historical as well as contemporary.

When considering the importance of Shakespeare or works that came before him, it is useful to consider the endeavor as trying to find one's cultural heritage. Many of today's popular literature is founded, deeply, in what has come before us. Irreverance and often the backdrops surrounding our most beloved characters have references much older than many can imagine. Even Harry Potter closely resembles elements of Beowulf, Chaucer, and Shakespeare to name the 3 of the more recognizeable.

Literature that has come before our time does tend to get treated with a little too much reverance, but the reasons people consider these classics to be important can't be denied.

This volume, lacking footnotes and perverting line structure, is still nifty in it's economical purpose, and is worth owning if you can make use of it.

LL.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Book for Shelf - Not Terribly Accessible Shakespeare, Jan 6 2004
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. :)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A bargain at twice the price!, Dec 19 2003
By Jake Phillips (Norton, VA USA) - See all my reviews
Quite simply the greatest writer of all time, Shakespeare belongs on every bookshelf. I have this, and it is a treasure. For those of you who sweated through Shakespeare in high school, give it a try. You might be surprised by some of the stories you never knew. I would gladly have paid fifty bucks for one of these, and was thrilled to get it for twenty in hardcover. If you have kids, this is a must-have. If you don't, get it anyway. Although there are no footnotes, or any attempt to 'translate' King's English into American, I think these things are basically unnecessary. The sonnets also deserve a perusal, but I like the tragedies the best, particularly Julius Caesar and Titus Andronicus.
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5.0 out of 5 stars In Defense of Shakespeare
I must say, after reading the "review" about shakespeare,
the one discussing the "cult of shakespeare"...

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Published on Nov 19 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't let academics tell you what to like
A reviewer below states that Shakespeare's literary value is unquestioned. This is patent nonsense. Every year, untold numbers of people (students, etc. Read more
Published on Jun 17 2003 by Jmark2001

4.0 out of 5 stars The work is unquestioned; the edition, questionable.
The very idea of reviewing or giving stars to Shakespeare in this format is superfluous: he is the epitome of English literature. Read more
Published on April 15 2003 by VoodooLord7

5.0 out of 5 stars A true master
Few writers in history have been able to come close to matching Shakespeare's astounding flair for writing, and this volume is the perfect compliment to his talent. Read more
Published on Jan 21 2003 by Josh

5.0 out of 5 stars great
this is a worderful book for any shakespeare fan!!
Published on Dec 6 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars Only suitable for a book shelf
If you got a copy of Shakespeare's works, you might like to be able to rely on the text it presents. Read more
Published on Oct 18 2002 by richardpinneau.com

1.0 out of 5 stars Use the Library or Paperbacks Instead of This Book
I am a professional actor and teacher of Shakespeare. This is a vastly inferior edition of Shakespeare's complete works. There is no room in the margins for making notes. Read more
Published on Sep 17 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Shakespere as it was meant to be read
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. Read more
Published on May 18 2002 by S. A. Garrett

1.0 out of 5 stars not as good as arden
This book is empty and useless. If you want to read and understand what Shakespeare wrote buy the Arden Complete Shakespeare, it is much better.
This book is a waste of money
Published on April 12 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars Overrated author
The only ones who seem to like ol' Shakes are drama department queens. His plays are essentially empty souled affairs with emotions that are either shallow or excessively... Read more
Published on Mar 27 2002

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