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jgray · 11-14-2010, 10:59 PM

Time to confess my guilty little secret -- I've never read Shakespeare :-) Over the years, I have watched several film adaptations and enjoyed most of them. I particularly liked Kenneth Branagh's "Henry V".

I could just dive in head first and download one of the many PD copies of Shakespeare's works available online, but that seems overwhelming. Looking at the Sony store, I found a few possibilities.

A collection of Shakespeare that claims to be formatted for ease of use on an ereader. This costs, but may be better than a generic PD copy.

http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/wil...00000000109556

Two modern works that purport to explain things a bit.

http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/mar...00000000099909

http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/mce...00000000069184

Does anyone have any comments on these ebooks? Would you recommend any others?

I'm looking for something that would be interesting and maybe even fun to read. I don't want some dessicated scholarly tome that will put me to sleep. The other consideration is cost. Either of the two books from the Sony store are probably at the limit of what I want to spend.

And please, don't recommend any "For Dummies" or "For Idiots" books. It may be my personal prejudice, but I find those series titles insulting and refuse to buy any of them.

Joe

11-14-2010, 10:59 PM	#1
jgray Fanatic Posts: 554 Karma: 2928497 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Clara 2E & Sage	Shakespeare Time to confess my guilty little secret -- I've never read Shakespeare :-) Over the years, I have watched several film adaptations and enjoyed most of them. I particularly liked Kenneth Branagh's "Henry V". I could just dive in head first and download one of the many PD copies of Shakespeare's works available online, but that seems overwhelming. Looking at the Sony store, I found a few possibilities. A collection of Shakespeare that claims to be formatted for ease of use on an ereader. This costs, but may be better than a generic PD copy. http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/wil...00000000109556 Two modern works that purport to explain things a bit. http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/mar...00000000099909 http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/mce...00000000069184 Does anyone have any comments on these ebooks? Would you recommend any others? I'm looking for something that would be interesting and maybe even fun to read. I don't want some dessicated scholarly tome that will put me to sleep. The other consideration is cost. Either of the two books from the Sony store are probably at the limit of what I want to spend. And please, don't recommend any "For Dummies" or "For Idiots" books. It may be my personal prejudice, but I find those series titles insulting and refuse to buy any of them. Joe Last edited by jgray; 11-21-2010 at 03:56 AM.