Complete Plays of Shakespeare Annotated $2.99 (Amazon/B&N)

NightBird · 02-18-2011, 07:07 PM

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Product Description
EVERY SINGLE PLAY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (INCLUDING ALL THE TRAGEDIES, COMEDIES AND HISTORIES) ESPECIALLY CREATED FOR KINDLE: ANNOTATED AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED!

- Over 12 full color (color enabled device required) illustrations and photographs including Shakespeare's birthplace, portraits of Shakespeare, Shakespeare's First Folio, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Scenes from Shakespeare's plays, and Shakespeare's grave.
- Over 300 pages of additional biographical and historical materials
- Over 14 critical essays from leading Shakespeare scholars from Yale University on various aspects of Shakespeare's life and literary legacy
- Fully Kindle enabled with fully interactive table of contents, Kindle MasterLink technology, Kindle Text-to-Speech (Audiobook) enabled, Kindle Lending Technology enabled

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Complete Tragedies
- Titus Andronicus
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Life and Death of Julius Caesar
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Troilus and Cressida
- Othello, the Moor of Venice
- King Lear
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- The Life of Timon of Athens
- The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
- The Tragedy of Coriolanus

The Complete Histories
- The Life and Death of King John
- The Life and Death of Richard the Second
- The First part of King Henry the Fourth
- The Second part of King Henry the Fourth
- The Life of King Henry the Fifth
- The First part of King Henry the Sixth
- The Second part of King Henry the Sixth
- The Third part of King Henry the Sixth
- The Life of King Henry the Eighth
- The Life and Death of Richard the Third

The Complete Comedies
- All's Well That Ends Well
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Love's Labour 's Lost
- Measure for Measure
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- The Merchant of Venice
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Twelfth Night or, What You Will
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona

HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICAL ESSAYS ON SHAKESPEARE:

- AN OUTLINE OF SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE
- ENGLISH DRAMA BEFORE SHAKESPEARE
- THE ELIZABETHAN THEATER
- ELIZABETHAN LONDON
- SHAKESPEARE'S NONDRAMATIC WORKS
- THE SEQUENCE OF SHAKESPEARE's PLAYS
- SHAKESPEARE'S DEVELOPMENT AS A DRAMATIST
- THE CHIEF SOURCES OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS
- HOW SHAKESPEARE GOT INTO PRINT
- THE PLAYS OF THE FIRST PERIOD-IMITATION AND EXPERIMENT
- THE PLAYS OF THE SECOND PERIOD-COMEDY AND HISTORY
- THE PLAYS OF THE THIRD PERIOD-TRAGEDY
- THE PLAYS OF THE FOURTH PERIOD-ROMANTIC TRAGI-COMEDY
- FAMOUS MISTAKES AND DELUSIONS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE

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MickeyC · 02-19-2011, 03:15 PM

Um, why pay $2.99 for something that is available all over the place for free? In fact, the day I got my iPhone I downloaded a free app containing all the Bard's plays.

HarryT · 02-19-2011, 03:18 PM

If the plays are well annotated, that's certainly worth paying for. That's why I continue to use my "Arden Shakespeare" paperbacks, even though I have all the plays on my Kindle, too.

HarryT · 02-19-2011, 03:21 PM

I've just bought this: let's see what it's like.

SleepyBob · 02-19-2011, 03:32 PM

I love that it has over 12 illustrations and over 14 critical essays. Don't they know how many they included? :P

HarryT · 02-19-2011, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SleepyBob

I love that it has over 12 illustrations and over 14 critical essays. Don't they know how many they included? :P

There's a full list on the Amazon page, if you click the link.

HarryT · 02-19-2011, 03:47 PM

Got it now. It seems pretty good: nicely formatted, and easy to navigate. Well worth £1.71, I think.

HarryT · 02-19-2011, 03:57 PM

There's actually 13 illustrations, by the way, so "over 12" is accurate

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ficbot · 02-19-2011, 09:13 PM

Is it a topaz or a regular, Harry?

HarryT · 02-20-2011, 02:14 AM

It's a normal Mobi book.

Joykins · 02-20-2011, 10:20 PM

I got this, even though I have a Complete Works and various books of the plays/poems. It's always useful to have a searchable Shakespeare, and I think I'll enjoy the essays and notes.

NightBird · 02-22-2011, 03:07 AM

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Well worth £1.71, I think

I got this, too, and I agree.

I've been reading the essays and finding them very interesting.

colinsky · 02-22-2011, 03:22 AM

If I'm interpreting the posted contents correctly, the "included essays" are actually this book:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30982/30982-8.txt

NightBird · 02-22-2011, 03:39 AM

Ack! You're right. How in the world did you figure that out?

colinsky · 02-22-2011, 03:41 AM

The magic of google!

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02-19-2011, 03:15 PM	#2
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Um, why pay $2.99 for something that is available all over the place for free? In fact, the day I got my iPhone I downloaded a free app containing all the Bard's plays.

02-19-2011, 03:18 PM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If the plays are well annotated, that's certainly worth paying for. That's why I continue to use my "Arden Shakespeare" paperbacks, even though I have all the plays on my Kindle, too.

02-19-2011, 03:21 PM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I've just bought this: let's see what it's like.

02-19-2011, 03:32 PM	#5
SleepyBob Evangelist Posts: 426 Karma: 8522810 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wisconsin, USA Device: Kindle PW3	I love that it has over 12 illustrations and over 14 critical essays. Don't they know how many they included? :P

02-19-2011, 03:47 PM	#7
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Got it now. It seems pretty good: nicely formatted, and easy to navigate. Well worth £1.71, I think.

02-19-2011, 03:57 PM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	There's actually 13 illustrations, by the way, so "over 12" is accurate .

02-19-2011, 09:13 PM	#9
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Is it a topaz or a regular, Harry?

02-20-2011, 02:14 AM	#10
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It's a normal Mobi book.

02-20-2011, 10:20 PM	#11
Joykins Wizard Posts: 1,609 Karma: 9211856 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: kindle Oasis 2018, kindle 4 NT, kindle PW2, iPhone, iPad mini	I got this, even though I have a Complete Works and various books of the plays/poems. It's always useful to have a searchable Shakespeare, and I think I'll enjoy the essays and notes.

02-22-2011, 03:22 AM	#13
colinsky Addict Posts: 240 Karma: 3500000 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Sony PRS-300, PRS-T1, PRS-T3	If I'm interpreting the posted contents correctly, the "included essays" are actually this book: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30982/30982-8.txt

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02-22-2011, 03:39 AM	#14
NightBird Wizard Posts: 2,364 Karma: 3724797 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: California Device: KPW, KF, KF HD, iPod Touch	Ack! You're right. How in the world did you figure that out?

02-22-2011, 03:41 AM	#15
colinsky Addict Posts: 240 Karma: 3500000 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Sony PRS-300, PRS-T1, PRS-T3	The magic of google!