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Twelfth Night (No Fear Shakespeare)

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We are collecting as many Sparknotes as possible. When you are required to read Shakespeare, you must have a guide. It's that simple. There is no guide better, in our opinion as teachers, and students of literature.

...."Mom, this is perfect!" It helped her understand the language of the day in order to better understand the comedy writen for that time period.

This book is amazing. At first, I hated Shakespeare's stuff because I couldn't understand any of it. But this book translates it into the kind of grammar we are used to today and I actually liked it when it was translated into "our language". This would also be a big help for anyone who is stuck on reading any Shakespeare play in high school.

After all these years, the Bard is still the best, and these "No Fear" Shakespeare books are the best way to understand and appreciate his wit, humor, wisdom, understanding, and the pathos, drama and glory of human life.

If you are reading this review, you probably have to read the play anyway. This is the best way!!!

This is the perfect book for Shakespeare 101 classes. You get the original play and a translation that keeps the spirit of the text.
But don't expect to find a word by word translation (you'd be better off with a dictionary of Elizabethan English), or a detailed analysis of the characters and main themes (Sparknotes has another book for that). It's just the play, easy to read.

Wow! This is the best! The title tells it all: "No Fear Shakespeare." In just a few short hours, you can read an easy-to-understand interpretation of the entire play on the right-hand pages. You will clearly understand what Shakespeare wrote, including his most obscure jokes. Now you can easily read the original Old English form on the left pages. This is a true gift for someone who really wants to understand Shakespeare. It is painless. . . . it is Great!