Macbeth: Not my favourite Shakespeare play. I found it confusing at time. I think I need to watch an actual performance. It is an interesting study in guilt and greed though. 3 stars ( )

Its the bard's complete works ... so it is hit and miss. It is well worth the price of admission just for Othello, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew and Henry V. ( )

every intellectual's wet dream. ( )

Each time I read William Shakepeare's works I discover something new. There are alwasy so many angles to look at the same story, I think Shakespeare planned his writtings that way, open to interpretation. There are clear detailed instructions and oulines to discribe the works. This book has not excluded any of his work making it timeless. I am enchanted by all of Shakespeare's works and delight that one book carries all the works of this great man. (Michele, Fall 2009)

I was surprised at the quality of this edition. It includes detailed introductions outlining histories and sources of each of the texts, notes on the texts that discuss debates of scholarly interpretation for lines and words, explanations of words that have changed meaning or been lost from usage. And to my knoweldge, it has not overlooked any of his work. ( )

Shakespeare makes everyone feel some emotion, and entertains beautifully with his writing. Plus, a Shakespeare reference always comes in handy sooner or later. ( )

Simply the best book in the world, there is so much to discover each time you open it! ( )

Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part III
Richard III
Comedy of Errors
Titus Andronicus
Taming of the Shrew
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Love's Labour's Lost
Romeo and Juliet
Richard II
A Midsummer Night's Dream
King John
The Merchant of Venice
Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II
Henry V
Julius Caesar
Much Ado About Nothing
As You Like It
Merry Wives of Windsor
Hamlet
Twelfth Night
Troilus and Cressida
All's Well That Ends Well
Measure for Measure
Othello
King Lear
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Timon of Athens
Pericles
Cymbeline
The Winter's Tale
The Tempest
Henry VIII
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Edward III
Sir Thomas More (fragment) ( )

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by [b:William Shakespeare|18135|Romeo and Juliet|William Shakespeare|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XTDJ3P4XL._SL75_.jpg|3349450] (1971) ( )

While my preference is for reading Shakespeare's works in individual editions, it is quite convenient to have a collected set in one volume. This edition has fairly extensive glosses and introductory essays, which go a long way towards remedying the deficiencies usually found in complete works editions. Although the paper is very fine, the book doesn't feel too flimsy and it seems like it ought to last reasonably well. It's certainly a lot cheaper and takes up less space than collecting all the works individually! ( )

My favorite edition of the plays. ( )

Everyone needs a complete works of Shakespeare in their library, and this copy is well-bound, complete with a ribbon to keep your place. ( )

Come on man, who isn't going to give Shakespeare five stars? He is made out of awesome. ( )

I read many of the plays and some of the poetry in this book when I was in college. I read a lot for a survey class, then I read all the tragedies for a separate grad-level class. ( )

I loved this book so much so that when I had to wait for long periods of time, I would take it with me [despite how big and heavy it is] and memorize parts of it. It was very easy to read, with copious footnotes to explain words that are not longer commonly used or social aspects of the time that Shakespeare was writing about. Very good book that I will keep for a very long time.

Disliked in my childhood. Valued and loved in my maturity. ( )

Described in The Guardian on its first publication in 1951 as a "symbol in the history of our national culture", the Complete Works of William Shakespeare has long been established as one of the most authoritative edition of Shakespeare's works. ( )

Beautiful volume ( )

It's Shakespeare. It's everything he ever wrote and we still can find. It's red-cloth binding. It's big enough to be used as a weapon, though less mighty than a pen. Four stars for Shake, one star for absolute pretentiousness sitting on your shelf and intimidating anyone who fancies themselves literary. ( )

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This particular edition of Shakespeare is dear to my heart. I used this book in a Shakespeare course in 1973 at the University Of Minnesota, and I had never, ever, read a page of Shakespeare in my life before, in high school or on my own. I carried this with me everywhere (it still is in very good condition) and made numerous notes. There are other editions that I now own, but this is by far, the Shakespeare that "moved me".

A magnificent edition, and one I would recommend to anyone looking for a Complete Works. It uses the excellent Oxford Shakespeare then adds incredibly useful notes and introductions. Definitely a must for students, and worth investing in for everyone. ( )

1928 Gift to Abbott from Winona with fly-leaf dedication

Can't say much more than, it's Shakespeare... The 38 volume set is readable, and well annotated. The text is large enough to read, unlike some other collections of Shakespeare's works which seem to trade off type size for space. ( )