From Shakespeare - With Love (The Best of Sonnets) (Abridged) Audiobook

" Only the redundancy of the subject matter in these poems prevents me from giving them the 5 stars they would otherwise deserve. Individually, each sonnet is an unbelievable gem, but as a whole their message is oftentimes redundant and this proves quite frustrating at times. If only Shakespeare had expended his efforts on a greater diversity of subject matter! "

" Very good. Really relevant to today. Must check out Sonnets 18 and 19. "

" One never "finishes reading" Shakespeare. One only revisits his works as often as possible. "

" Certainly stimulates feelings of love... and gets the mind thinking. Reminds "where's your heart at?" "

" Everyone should have the Sonnets in paperback or the Bard's complete works-we all have our favorites-so many great sonnets to read and reread and treasure "

" Reall amazing texture and layers. Double and triple-word play. You can mine new gem out of any one of these sonnets with every read. I loved it. "

" My mom has a masters in English, and teaches high school AP English. I would be disowned if i did not read William Shakespeare! These are classics! "

" As a completist, I read them all, but didn't really bond with the sonnets. "

" What's there to say? Lucrece is my favorite. "

" 154 pieces of art that can be read again and again an every time you can find something new in them. "

" This edition is super neat. It has short summaries for each sonnet (in case you are totally lost) and explanations for difficult lines and weird Shakespearean words. For the first time, I'm really understanding Shakespeare, and what do you know? I love it! "

" I read these over a period of about a month. It was slow going, but I thought that for poetry, which is ultimately not my area, I enjoyed them. "

" I love this edition! Katherine Duncan Jones is the bomb! She gets it! Wonderful! Much better than Vendler's sympathetic version--sorry! :) "

" Don't know how long the group has been meeting--two years? three years? I've lost count. But we've finally made our way (slowly, meticulously, and with many heated discussions) through all of them. "

" Beautiful classics. We should all delve beyond just Sonnet 18. "

" Not easy to read for me! "

" Arden does the best editions of Shakespeare, and this version of his sonnets is no different. I appreciate the logical layout of sonnet on one side and helpful and explanatory notes on the other. "

" and every fair from fair sometimes declines "

" You don't read this book. You make love to it. "

" Beautiful. Shakespeare is a lyrical genius. "

" I just like Shakespeare. After taking a class on him in college, the becomes very easy to read. I love his words, he uses very little to say a wide variety of perspectives in one sentence. No one is quite like him. This book is as great as everything else he writes. "

" im not a poetic person and so this was not that amusing for me, the wrighting of shakespear will always be classics "

" Some of my favorite poems are Shakespeare's sonnets. Beautiful! "

" What is not to love? Number 80 is a big favorite of mine. It was the one I had to learn and recite in high school and I still remember all the words. "

" it is some thing really special .. "

" These Sonnets were really good (even though I couldn't understand them that well). They were still really good and very heart felt "

" One of Shakespeare's less known works, but really truly powerful. Not only do the poems talk of love, lust, and relationships, but they go deep into values and the fundamentals for finding love. "

" shall i compare thee to a summers day even more lovely and more template and rough winds do shake the darling budds of may and summers leath hath all to short adate .. "

" Given to me by an ex girlfriend when I was 17 or 18. One of my most cherished possessions. "

" I love these poems and I would pick them to take if I had to go to a desert island - along with the plays. They are, of course, meaningful, beautifully written, ironic and profound in many ways and make me think of things and people I love when I read them. "

" 2/3 of his sonnets are about how children are the only way to live forever. "

" my favourite is sonnet N 109... "

" As a completist, I read them all, but didn't really bond with the sonnets. "

" Anyone who likes to go back in time (and think about just having time to read) will enjoy this book even if the poems are not easily understood. I like to spend my time trying to figure out their meaning. "

" Something from this book hits me at least once each week. I needs a second read... "

" SONNET 116 is the STUFF! "