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    From Shakespeare with Love: the Best of the Sonnets
    From Shakespeare with Love: the Best of the Sonnets
    From Shakespeare with Love: the Best of the Sonnets
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    From Shakespeare with Love: the Best of the Sonnets

    Written by William Shakespeare

    Narrated by David Tennant and Various Narrators

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    About this audiobook

    Shakespeare’s Sonnets, one of the most remarkable collections of poetry, was first published in 1609, 400 years ago by Mr Thomas Thorpe.

    Naxos AudioBooks marks the occasion with a selection of 80 of the finest, read by leading actors.

    The selection includes famous ones such as ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ as well as lesser well-known sonnets though of equally fine stature.

    ©2009 Naxos Audiobooks; (P)2009 Naxos Audiobooks

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateApr 1, 2009
    ISBN9789629548476
    From Shakespeare with Love: the Best of the Sonnets
    Author

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen. He produced an astonishing amount of work; 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. He died on 23rd April 1616, aged 52, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.

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      Great thinkers come along one or two a century - or less. This was a reminder of Shakespeare's amazing capacity for original thought - and his wonderful sense of humor. And the art was the perfect accompaniment. Lovely book.