"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Shakespeare's much-quoted sonnets are some of the most beautiful and moving poems in English literature. Dealing with love, beauty and the effects of time, they speak to us as directly now as they spoke to Elizabethan readers. This handsome edition of Shakespeare's sonnets is based on the Arden Shakespeare edition, making authoritative texts available to the more general reader who wants to read for pleasure rather than study. A must for all Shakespeare and poetry lovers. Published as a small format hardback with colourful jacket, book ribbon and bookplate this is a beautiful collector's edition of some of the greatest poetry in English

A handsome edition ideal for the general reader and gift market Shakespeare's sonnets have enduring appeal as love poems and classics of English literature Based on the authoritative Arden texts An ideal companion to the gift edition of The Arden Dictionary of Shakespeare Quotations

About the Author
Katherine Duncan Jones is an internationally respected critic and editor of Shakespeare's drama and poetry. She is a Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford


Book Information
ISBN 9781408128985
Author Prof Katherine Duncan-Jones
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint The Arden Shakespeare
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 250g
Dimensions(mm) 186mm * 115mm * 20mm