Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #373001 in Books
• Published on: 1994-05-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

Synopsis
This single-volume edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare includes commissioned introductions to each of the plays and poems by a team of academics, including John Jowett and Philip Hobsbaum, with a textual introduction by the Shakespearean scholar Alec Yearling explaining the significance of the Alexander edition. This volume also includes a biography of Shakespeare by Germaine Greer and an introduction to Shakespeare's theatre by Anthony Burgess.

Customer Reviews

wonderful
This book represents a wonderful opportunity to enjoy shakesperare for those whose mother tongue is not english. The effort put in the edition is clearly shown form the very first page, also the introductory notes on each play.
However, I would have liked to find longer and deeper comments on the plays and footnotes really on their footpage, rather than at the very end of the book, that makes it more complicated to follow.
However, it can be recommended to anyone who likes literature in the original.
Shakespeare has and will always be a pleasure to read

The complete works of the lord, our god.
This breathtaking read, the complete works of my hero and Lord William Shakespeare. In a truly breathtaking read the Lord places all his works, making this the bible for all avid Shakespeare fans, as so many of them are. Its all there in front of you waiting to be copied out and memorised. Only the Lord could produce work like this. I BELIEVE in Shakespeare. I LOVE Shakespeare. Please buy this book and save yourselves. This is NO.1 of the 126,458 books I have read and copied out. Praise Shakespeare. Buy his FULL WORKS for hours of reading pleasure. Skip school, work, homework, anything just to read it, reading Shakespeare is a fine excuse to miss these things. It worked for me. Buy it at this very reasonable price and then you need make no excuses to keep it and copy it out. I believe in William Shakespeare and his miracle powers. Do You?

classic
though this is a heavy book, the plays are classic and this ensure that this book is a worthy investment. Will be read time and time again and can be appreciated by all ages. This is an excellent purchase if you are planning on studying English at any point as you can guarantee Shakespear will come up at some point of any english course. It has a helpful glossary to explain certain words.