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Romeo and Juliet Kindle Edition

by William Shakespeare (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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The classic circa-1595 tragedy by playwright William Shakespeare.

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December 20, 2010
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004GXB3LC
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 20, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 116 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 339 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B08KQKTYFP

Best Sellers Rank: #1,103,564 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #422 in British & Irish Drama & Plays
- #434 in Stagecraft (Books)
- #476 in Shakespearean Literature Literature

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Customers find the book easy to read. They say it does a great job simplifying the language and providing a comprehensive tool box. They also say it's an ideal text to introduce Shakespeare and great for students. They mention that Romeo and Juliet is one of the most well known plays in the world and an example of Shakespeare's finest craftsmanship.

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"A very enjoyable read. Truly well done. Shakespeare is a amazing writer. A tragic story of star-crossed lover's. Thank you." Read more

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Aran Joseph Canes

Introducing the Young to Shakespeare

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2019

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My world civilization teacher had my class read Romeo and Juliet when I was fifteen years old. At the time, the words seemed archaic and the plot melodramatic making it more of a chore than an encounter with great literature.

But, youthful obtuseness aside, Romeo and Juliet is the ideal text to introduce Shakespeare. While it may not have the pathos of Hamlet it does contain the wordplay and witticisms for which Shakespeare is well known.

It’s topics—teenage love and honor—are probably more resonant now than they were in Shakespeare’s day. Romeo and Juliet then has a narrative to hook teenagers in as well as being an example of Shakespeare’s finest craftsmanship.

Maybe my high school English teacher knew more than I thought about an appropriate curriculum.

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Samantha

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Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2014

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It was an lol book I couldn't stop laughing it was the funniest book I've ever read it was so funny I had to read it twice to get all the funniness. I especially liked how they made fate and dying funny

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Megan Orme-Whitlock

Love Shakespeare on my Kindle

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2013

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Until I reread it, this year, I had forgotten how funny and perceptive this play was. I love the characters that are peripheral to the story. Modern culture undersells this story by portraying it as a love story only. It has so much more to it than that. Not only is Romeo and Juliet a love story, it has that other quality - it is really funny, and Shakespeare cleverly uses other characters in the story to highlight some of the plot absurdities. We are asked to suspend disbelief about the time line - three days - because that suits the dramatic format. But it is a play that is very aware of itself.

I love it when Friar Laurence listens to Romeo wax lyrical about Juliet, when only yesterday it had been Rosaline...

'Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here!
Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear,
So soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies
Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.'

I can just hear the Friar huffing ironically at young love. Fantastic.

What about Juliet, who shows a real bit of wit, when she is talking to her nurse, as well as the Nurse - one of my favourite characters.

Juliet is impatient for the Nurse to tell her what Romeo has said, while Nurse is recovering from her journey:

Juliet:
I would thou hadst my bones, and I thy news:
Nay, come, I pray thee, speak; good nurse, speak.

Nurse:
Jesu, what haste? can you not stay awhile?
Do you not see that I am out of breath?

(and Juliet impatiently answers)
How art thou out of breath, when thou hast breath
to say that thou art out of breath.
The excuse that thou dost make in this delay
Is longer than the tale dost excuse.

And of course, there are some of the most famous Shakespearean scenes and lines....

Romeo upon seeing Juliet at the window:

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

and there is so much more. Romeo and Juliet was written to entertain, hold its audience in knowing suspense, to frustrate and amuse. And, young love being well known to be intense and dramatic, means that the audience can be both knowing and sympathetic, and enhances the tragedy of the deaths.

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Amazingly Amazing

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2020

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It is from William Shakespeare, and I love his work. He is the greatest writer of all time. I plain loved it.

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2013

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My students enjoy listening to the scenes, and it helps comprehension. When we first begin the play, we alternate listening and watching the movie. This helps the students get a feel for the language as well as the storyline. We begin reading parts in Act II, and I notice a marked improvement in their ability to read the parts as intended.

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2012

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Romeo and Juliet, though a very popular play of Shakespeare's, is not even close to his best work. Romeo and Juliet only know each other for three days and go through unnatural lengths to be together. The writing was good, of course, but I'm sure you could make better use of your time by finding another one of his plays.
The format of this kindle edition I thought was very good, with only a few minor mistakes that didn't bother be in the slightest.
Content:

Sexual: Romeo and Juliet kiss several times, but it was nothing over the top. It is implied that they spend a night together, but after they are married. And, well, you know Shakespeare. He uses bawdy language often. He uses demeaning words about women (implying that they are 'promiscuous in a more colored manner). The characters often joke about female anatomy.

Language: other than what I said before, there was nothing.

Violence: the characters sword fight, but it's not even close to graphic. It simply states that 'they draw swords and so-and-so runs so-and-so through.

So, over all, I'm not a fan of this book. He has other better plays out there and I think that, though this is popular, it is not even close to his best.

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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2013

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This story is about a forbidden love that was meant to be by fate. I would recommend this book to just about everyone that can read. I give this book 5 stars because it uses creative and expresses a true form of writing that makes you want to read more until you've read the whole book!!!

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2013

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I really enjoyed this e-book. I needed a copy for my high school English class and could easily locate the acts and scenes that I needed. Even though it's not an easier edition of Romeo and Juliet, it is still an accurate and satisfactory find in my opinion.

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