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Summary: Truely Appealing
Review: I am only 14 years of age and I find Shakespeares art of an excellent manner.I loved Romeo and Juliet and was able to recieve a level 7 in a book report for it(The top mark possible in such a piece).The laungage may be difficult for some, but I was able to understand the text and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole book.
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Summary: There are no words to describe Shakespear
Review: Shakespear was a brilliant playwrite. This perticular book's only flaw is the format in which it is written. But don't let that stop you! It is a wonderful book, but I would expect nothing less from a book with William Shakespear in it~
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Summary: Marvelous!
Review: Shakespeare is the playwright to ever live. His stories are probably the best ever written. The print in this book is way to small. If it had bigger margins it would be more wonderfull than it already is.
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Summary: beautiful
Review: shakespeare has a way with words to give them a better meaning or feeling .some of the stories are long and droning , yet others are so gripping you can read them over and see it from a different view and opinion .
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Summary: An Excellent Text in a less than satisfactory format
Review: The Peter Alexander Text of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare is a great addition to any personaly library of the student of Shakespeare. However, the format is not satisfactory, with very limited margins and the typesetting is a bit small. This edition would be a great one if the format is improved.
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Summary: Shakespeare is highly overated
Review: not to deny shakespeare's incredible talent, but he is certainly overcredited in the creativity area. if you're looking for a true, unique and original read, i reccomend any famous ancient greek playwrite, such as aristophanes, euripides or sophacles. you'll find thier style a little less decorative, and little more simple, but still very similar (afterall, shakespeare did have the works of these men to study and emulate.)
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Summary: Shakespeare is a genius no matter what book you put him in.
Review: This book (even if it isn't the best quality) is absolute genius. Shakespeare had a way with words so that he could make the simplest phrase sound eloquent. This book is a must see for anyone who enjoys classic literature.
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Summary: badly done
Review: Of course, this does not reflect on Shakespeare. The binding is terrible and the publisher seems to have forgotten the well established convention of including line numbers with the texts. If anyone expects to use their volume for a class or ever expects to need to refer to a specific line in the text, you shouldn't buy this edition. Also, there are no footnotes, another convention established because Elizabethan English differed significantly from modern English. Finally, the publisher seems to have decided that it was just not necessary to leave enough space for each line, often ending a line in the space above, which is the first time I've ever seen this done. Just buy the Riverside, Folger, Yale, or Oxford Shakespeare. Don't waste your money with this.
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Summary: Best collection of Shakespeare
Review: The best collection of Shakespeare I've seen. I really reccomend this book to everyone who loves Shakespeare. This book will last you a lifetime and would fit nice as a gift.
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Summary: Shoddy Binding
Review: This Random House issue is a real clunker. The binding is so cheap that it will begin to fall apart before you get more than a couple hundred pages into the book. The paper is of the cheapest quality imaginable and looks to have all the durability of newsprint, or Kleenex. There are also a number of typos--something that's inexcusable when you're printing a bible.If, however, you want something that's very cheap and complete, this is your book. It won't be around long enough to use as a reference but it may stimulate you to buy the Riverside. And of course, no amount of lousy printing can dim the shine of Shakespeare.
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