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The Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

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Not the best edition of Shakespeare's sonnets if you want exhaustive notes, but not a bad little book for the average reader. ( )
  Cariola | Jun 4, 2009 |
If you never read Sharkespeare but wanted to, start with this book. This book eases you into his writings. The editior and the writers of the text pre and post sonnets worked very hard to make this accessible. I read the sonnets without looking at the "dictionary references" at the bottom and I was moved. I cannot wait to read this again using the references. Once you read this book you want to read everything he wrote. A keeper. ( )
  seki | Oct 23, 2008 |
A version of the sonnets which contains almost as much commentary as a Director's Commentary special feature on a George Lucas film. ( )
  mcolville2 | Apr 9, 2008 |
Classic poetry at its best. What more can be said. ( )
  Whicker | Nov 12, 2007 |
My biggest piece of advice to first-time readers (like I just was): take your time. Maybe not as much time as I took, if you don't want--I read two or three sonnets at a sitting, so it took me months to finish the entire collection. I was able to discover my own favorite sonnet, which isn't one of the standard favorites (#44).
I do like the Folgers series of Shakespeare (I like the notes on the facing page), but I also consulted other references (mostly online) as I read. ( )
  lyzadanger | Jul 24, 2007 |
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Dedication
TO THE ONLIE BEGETTER OF

THESE INSUING SONNETS

Mr. W. H., ALL HAPPINESSE

AND THAT ETERNITIE

PROMISED

BY

OUR EVER-LIVING POET

WISHETH

THE WELL-WISHING

ADVENTURER IN

SETTING

FORTH

T. T.
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From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
But as the riper should by time decrease,
His tender heir might bear his memory:
But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,
Making a famine where abundance lies,
Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.
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Please do not combine Sonnets (No Fear Shakespeare) with Sonnets.
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Canonical titleThe Sonnets
Original publication date1609 (Quarto)
Awards and honorsThe Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (2008), Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List (2009, No. 52)
DedicationTO THE ONLIE BEGETTER OF
THESE INSUING SONNETS
Mr. W. H., ALL HAPPINESSE
AND THAT ETERNITIE
PROMISED
BY
OUR EVER-LIVING POET
WISHETH
THE WELL-WISHING
ADVENTURER IN
SETTING
FORTH
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First wordsFrom fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
But as the riper should by time decrease,
His tender heir might bear his memory:
But thou, contracted to thine own bright eye... (show all)
Last words(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0486266869, Paperback)

Over 150 exquisite poems deal with love, friendship, the tyranny of time, beauty's evanescence, death, and other themes in language unsurpassed in passion, precision, originality, and beauty. This inexpensive Dover edition enables any lover of poetry or fine literature to have this remarkable verse in his or her library. Includes glossary of archaic terms.

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