The Sonnets Collins Classics — William Shakespeare

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best loved essential classics In black ink my love may still shine bright Universally admired and quoted Shakespeare s Sonnets have love beauty and the passing of time at their heart Featuring some of the best known and best loved lines in the history of poetry Shall I compare thee to a summer s day Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds these evocative sonnets explore passion the fleeting nature of beauty and the essence of true and everlasting love Enticing lovers and scholars alike these 154 beautiful and sensual sonnets are as relevant and important today as when they were written 400 years ago

Power corruption and betrayal are at the heart of Shakespeare s most well known historical and political drama As Julius Caesar moves closer to securing power for himself and is perceived by some as a threat to Roman citizens his senators plot to bring about his downfall Caesar s assassination leads to civil war rather than peace and the play explores the subsequent deaths of the conspirators Brutus and Cassius Shakespeare s contemporaries would have spotted the playwright s attempts to use the shift from republican to imperial Rome to highlight the political situation of the Elizabethans at the time Featuring some of the most powerfully resonant and rousing speeches of any of Shakespeare s plays Julius Caesar remains one of his most well loved historical tragedies

In black ink my love may still shine bright Universally admired and quoted Shakespeare s Sonnets have love beauty and the passing of time at their heart Featuring some of the best known and best loved lines in the history of poetry Shall I compare thee to a summer s day Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds these evocative sonnets explore passion the fleeting nature of beauty and the essence of true and everlasting love Enticing lovers and scholars alike these 154 beautiful and sensual sonnets are as relevant and important today as when they were written 400 years ago

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best loved essential classics Power corruption and betrayal are at the heart of Shakespeare s most well known historical and political drama As Julius Caesar moves closer to securing power for himself and is perceived by some as a threat to Roman citizens his senators plot to bring about his downfall Caesar s assassination leads to civil war rather than peace and the play explores the subsequent deaths of the conspirators Brutus and Cassius Shakespeare s contemporaries would have spotted the playwright s attempts to use the shift from republican to imperial Rome to highlight the political situation of the Elizabethans at the time Featuring some of the most powerfully resonant and rousing speeches of any of Shakespeare s plays Julius Caesar remains one of his most well loved historical tragedies