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Romeo and Juliet Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.

Romeo and Juliet had a profound influence on subsequent literature. Before then, romance had not even been viewed as a worthy topic for tragedy. In Harold Bloom's words, Shakespeare "invented the formula that the sexual becomes the erotic when crossed by the shadow of death". Of Shakespeare's works, Romeo and Juliet has generated the most—and the most varied—adaptations, including prose and verse narratives, drama, opera, orchestral and choral music, ballet, film, television, and painting. The word "Romeo" has even become synonymous with "male lover" in English.

The most famous and inspirational works of William Shakespeare include: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Orpheus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Troilus and Cressida, The Tempest, Venus and Adonis, Antony and Cleopatra, Measure for Measure, The Winter's Tale and many more.

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  1. Listening Length
    2 hours and 37 minutes
  2. Author
    William Shakespeare
  3. Narrator
    David Miles
  4. Audible release date
    January 19, 2024
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
  7. ASIN
    B0CSPHK6Z7
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 2 hours and 37 minutes
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator David Miles
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date January 19, 2024
Publisher Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0CSPHK6Z7
Best Sellers Rank #101,211 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#55 in Shakespeare Plays
#465 in Shakespeare Dramas & Plays
#2,427 in Classic Literature

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Customers find the book entertaining and scholarly. They also appreciate the sidenotes, which allow further comprehension and help understand the language. Readers describe the overall content as great and approachable. However, some find the text size very small and the plot terrible.

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44 customers mention "Readability"36 positive8 negative

Customers find the book easy to read and understand. They also appreciate the sidenotes, which allow further comprehension of the play. Readers also mention that the text of the book includes numerous footnotes with helpful illustrations. Overall, they say the book is great for high school reading lists and college prep classes.

"Had to read for school and notes on the left page were so helpful!!! Plenty of room to take notes and drawing to help readers!!" Read more

"...Received in perfect condition!! The notes are invaluable for clear understanding of Elizabethan English where it might be confusing for a modern..." Read more

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"...The text of the play includes numerous footnotes - some with helpful illustrations, plus a brief easy-to-understand synopsis at the beginning of..." Read more

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Customers find the book entertaining.

"...This format keeps Shakespeare alive and entertaining." Read more

"...essays provided are also at a high level and both informative and entertaining...." Read more

"...reading Shakespeare with my 11 & 12 year old reading group pleasant and fun and would be great for a a college student or anyone just wanting to..." Read more

"...Otherwise, it had a good message and is fun to talk about with friends and/or class." Read more

4 customers mention "Overall content"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the overall content of the book great and approachable.

"Pretty good overall, I prefer it over hardback. Not much about it, nice." Read more

"Worked great for what I needed it for. Perfect for class. Loved the background info it gave." Read more

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9 customers mention "Plot"6 positive3 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the plot. Some find the info on the sides dramatic and fantastic, while others say it's terrible and unlikely for a book.

"...This format keeps Shakespeare alive and entertaining." Read more

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"One of Shakespeare's greatest works of art. Amazing read for both school and leisure reading. Would recommend." Read more

"The main characters drive me insane, but the poetry is fantastic!" Read more

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Customers find the text size of the book very small.

"I bought this for school and it’s a little small but I love how there is a description of most words you can highlight it without worrying of..." Read more

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This book was incredible to dissect and discover many of the messages that Shakespeare wanted to reveal through his play. The sidenotes allowed further comprehension of the book and were very helpful in understanding the language of Shakespeare's time. The passage at the end of the novel added more explanations of Shakespeare's literary intent, and this book is a great edition to use in school as well. Amazing Tragedy!
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user1747396478
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic read!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2024
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Had to read for school and notes on the left page were so helpful!!! Plenty of room to take notes and drawing to help readers!!
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M. R. Sheffield
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2024
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This Folger Shakespeare Library edition of "Romeo & Juliet" is exactly right! Great commentary & detailed notes! Received in perfect condition!! The notes are invaluable for clear understanding of Elizabethan English where it might be confusing for a modern reader, and the up-to-date critical essays are enjoyable. Happy Reading!! 😊 📚
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5.0 out of 5 stars Arrived on time and very well packed!
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I’m super satisfied with this order because books and dictionaries came more than on time. I’m relaxed knowing that my children will read their summer reading and will be mind-ready prior to the start of the new school year.
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4.0 out of 5 stars It’s a good book
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2023
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I bought this for school and it’s a little small but I love how there is a description of most words you can highlight it without worrying of bleeding through.
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5.0 out of 5 stars good
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2024
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bought for my kids for school, arrived quickly and in pretty condition, there were a few scratches but that didn't bother, would recommend!!
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Dale Woods
5.0 out of 5 stars It's Paperback, but the pagination is the same as an older hard cover.
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2024
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I used this book in the 8th Grade ELA class that I teach
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Breno Cardoso
5.0 out of 5 stars Otimo livro
Reviewed in Brazil on November 8, 2023
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Chegou em otimo estado, sem nenhum defeito ou problema.
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Juliette
1.0 out of 5 stars Differente edition
Reviewed in France on August 3, 2022
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C'est pour l ecole. Si on achete la mauvaise version on doit racheter un autre livre.
La maison d'edition devrait etre : Simon & Schuster
9780671722852

On se retrouve avec edition by Barbara A Mowat and P. W
avec un numero 771111 ?!!!
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Tom Gray
5.0 out of 5 stars Mismatched Social Expectations
Reviewed in Canada on April 2, 2019
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I read Romeo and Juliet as part of my project to read the literature that I had been assigned to read at school but didn't. I've read all five plays that I was assigned in high school and have now endeavored to read as many of the plays as possible. I've read these in Folger editions and to my surprise I think that I am learning something. As the common introductions in these editions state, in reading the plays one will become familiar with Shakespeare's language and the semantics and poetry will begin to come out. I have found that the case for me.
The Folger edition of the play contains a short essay on the play from a modern perspective, It is from this that I learned about the contrast in the play between the individualistic idea of romantic love and the more traditional view of marriage as a connection between two families. Juliet loves Romeo individualistically. Her family arranges for her to wed Paris and her father demands that she do so or be expelled from the family. The individualistic love, the Folger essay links to Petrarch. The essay provides a reading of the play for a modern audience of the issue of female autonomy. It provides an historical background, that in the Renaissance, women were subject to the will of their family and had no independent volition.

The lack of female autonomy and the consequent submission to the will of the family is matched in the play in the behavior of the males in the conflict between the two families. The males, outside of Romeo, engage in constant threatening behavior with males of the other family. This leads to bloody fights with weapons up to causing death. The males have no real autonomy in the feud but act out roles dictated by their membership in the families. It is only Romeo, as a male of one of these families, in the play who counsels restraint. Juliet’s conflict with her expected role in family behavior is matched here by that of Romeo.

The tragedy of the play lies in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet as caused by forces outside of their control. It is the social expectations of their time that cause the disorder and death in the play. Death and disorder caused by mismatched social expectations are of relevance in the politics of today.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on August 9, 2015
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額アジサイ
4.0 out of 5 stars 単語の注釈が丁寧で親切な本
Reviewed in Japan on May 26, 2012
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有名なお話なのに言葉が古かったり、詩的過ぎて、原書で読むのは無理だと思っていましたが、この本は、中味の半分を、意味が変わってしまった言葉やわかりにくい表現の解説に割いていて、親切な本だと思った。まだまだ、勉強不足の私にも、少し当時の雰囲気を体験させてもらったような気がして、良かった。
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