Shakespeare's Sonnets (Paperback)

All 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets in one paperback, each on its own page with a short plain-English note above it, so the poems can be read slowly, understood and read aloud. It is something a screen cannot give: a real book you hold, write in and hand on.

Who it is for

Readers who have always meant to read the sonnets properly and would like a little help with the older words. Anyone who knows a line or two of Sonnet 18 or Sonnet 116 and wants the whole sequence. And families looking for a gift to keep: a presentation page at the front has space to write who the book belongs to, who gave it, the occasion and the year.

What is inside

• All 154 sonnets, numbered 1 to 154, one to a page, including the 15-line Sonnet 99 and the 12-line Sonnet 126.
• A short heading and a plain-English note before every sonnet, setting out what the poem argues and explaining older words where they come up. In Sonnet 1, increase means offspring and niggarding means hoarding.
• A one-page introduction, About This Book, on how a sonnet is built and how the sequence falls into groups: the first seventeen urging a young man to marry, the poems of friendship, absence, jealousy and ageing, and from Sonnet 127 the poems to the woman readers call the dark lady.
• A contents list giving every sonnet and its page.
• A This Book Belongs To presentation page.
• The poems set in 16.5-point Garamond, with light hummingbird and floral ornaments in the page corners.

Part of our Poetry Library.

Details

• Pages: 166
• Trim: 8.5 x 11 in (US Letter)
• Binding: Paperback, perfect bound
• Paper: 60# cream, uncoated
• Interior: Premium black and white

Every copy is printed to order, and shipping is free on every order, within Australia and internationally. Paperbacks take approximately 3 weeks; that is an estimate and may be longer for remote destinations or during November and December. Published under our Sovereign Publishing imprint.

Also available as a hardcover.