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The collection is nice and the little book beautifully illustrated - I was hoping for more complete texts as opposed to the short excerpts from larger poems/speeches, etc. that were included


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Shakespeare on Love William Shakespeare Benjamin Darling 9780735201743 Books Reviews

This is a great little book. It has some of Shakespeare's greatest words on love from some of his greatest plays and sonnets. The entire book is beautifully illustrated and provides a strong depiction of the quotes. If you're a fan of Shakespeare then you must have this book.
William Shakespeare wrote a lot about love; many of his stories have a noteworthy love story, be the consequences sad or happy. (Not to mention his many sonnets) But this rather thin, fluffy book of quotations about love won't really satisfy the Shakespeare buffs out there.
It covers romantic love -- in sonnets and quotations -- love in song ("A hey and a ho and a hey nonino"), humorous love (like the kiss in "Taming of the Shrew" that was heard all over the church), sonnets that make comparisons to summer's days, and so forth.
The problem with the text is that there isn't much of it. It's a short book to begin with, and there's only one quotation (often an extremely short one) for every two pages. I came out of it wondering why, given the wealth of material, the editor couldn't scrounge a few more slightly more insightful quotes. The pictures are quite pretty, mostly Pre-Raphaelite stuff. Some is based on Shakespeare's work, some isn't; my main problem with them was that they were too small to study carefully.
Basically, this book is pretty much for the lovestruck youths who express their feelings through Shakespeare's quotations. Try buying a book of artwork and the love-quote book edited by Frank Finamore.
Even though I have read the complete works of the most famous ancient bard William Shakespeare many years ago, I could not pass up this little hardcover volume (Shakespeare on Love-New Seasons a division of Publication International) which was in the free book section of our local library.

This is a 77 page gift book kind of text which has various love quotes taken from the numerous plays and sonnets of Shakespeare.
The beginning provides a brief biography of Shakespeare. The remainder has numerous color illustrations along with a poem, quotes from one of his plays and several of his sonnets. These quotes come from Romeo and Juliet, the Tempest, a midsummer’s night’s dream, much ado about nothing, the merry wives of Windsor and other plays along with several of his sonnets.

I agree with the other reviewers that this is a very short book as Shakespeare has so much more to share about love to a reader. In any case, I did find this short volume a joy to read over and over again. Fans of Shakespeare may want to check out this small hardcover book.

Rating 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author Zen Poetry Moments Haiku and Senryu for special occasions.)
The collection is nice and the little book beautifully illustrated - I was hoping for more complete texts as opposed to the short excerpts from larger poems/speeches, etc. that were included