The Library Shakespeare

Hardcover, 476 pages

English language

Published by Book Sales, Midpoint Pr.

ISBN:
978-0-7554-5908-7
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OCLC Number:
181591821

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Contains 44 works:

PLAYS (37) All's well that ends well Antony and Cleopatra As you like it Comedy of errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Julius Caesar King Henry IV. Part 1 King Henry IV. Part 2 King Henry V King Henry VI. Part 1 King Henry VI. Part 2 King Henry VI. Part 3 King Henry VIII King John King Lear King Richard II King Richard III Love's labour's lost Macbeth Measure for measure Merchant of Venice Merry wives of Windsor Midsummer night's dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello, the Moor of Venice Pericles, prince of Tyre Romeo and Juliet Taming of the shrew Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth night; or what you will Two gentlemen of Verona Winter's tale

POEMS (7) Lover's Complaint Passionate Pilgrim Phoenix and the Turtle Rape of Lucrece Sonnets Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music Venus and Adonis

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I'm having a hard time putting my thoughts into words that will do the book justice.

In the beginning, I was close to giving up on the story several times, because, frankly, I didn't like the two main characters very much.
While Sasha simply felt a bit bland to me at first (she did grow on me after a while, though), I flat out disliked Taylor for a good portion of the book.
And yes, I understand where he's coming from, and how a heartbreak like he lived through can royally mess up a person's life, but still... The way he treated his friends, pretty much all the people who loved him and stood by him despite all his douchebaggery? That made it really difficult for me to feel any kind of connection or even sympathy.

Still, the story is well written, it comes to a satisfying resolution, and I …

Subjects

  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Drama
  • Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Plays
  • Classics
  • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • Shakespeare