The Sonnets and a Lover’s Complaint
The Sonnets and a Lover’s Complaint by William Shakespeare is a reprint edition published by Penguin on September 28, 2010. This volume features Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, which explore themes of love, infidelity, memory, and mortality, alongside A Lover’s Complaint, a narrative of a young woman’s lament over betrayal. The collection showcases some of the most exquisite poetry in the English language, reflecting on timeless human experiences.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of emotions and insights within these works, as Shakespeare addresses both a beautiful young man and a treacherous ‘dark lady’ in his sonnets. The edition is part of Penguin’s Clothbound Classics series, designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, and is bound in high-quality cloth with a tactile finish. With 272 pages, this edition invites readers to engage deeply with the intricate themes of love and the passage of time, making it a notable addition to any literary collection.
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Part of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. When this volume of Shakespeare’s poems first appeared in 1609, he had already written most of the great plays that made him famous. The 154 sonnets – all but two of which are addressed to a beautiful young man or a treacherous ‘dark lady’ – contain some of the most exquisite and haunting poetry ever written, and deal with eternal subjects such as love and infidelity, memory and mortality, and the destruction wreaked by Time. Also included is A Lover’s Complaint, originally published with the sonnets, in which a young woman is overheard lamenting her betrayal by a heartless seducer.
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