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Romeo and Juliet Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

William Shakespeare (Author), Edith Nesbit (Author), Josh Verbae (Narrator),
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 5,894 ratings
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This edition of Romeo and Juliet is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous play, the incredible romantic story full of passion and wisdom retold in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare's drama.

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  1. Listening Length
    15 minutes
  2. Author
    William Shakespeare, see all
  3. Narrator
    Josh Verbae
  4. Audible release date
    March 2, 2018
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Interactive Media
  7. ASIN
    B07B5BZ583
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 15 minutes
Author William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
Narrator Josh Verbae
Audible.com Release Date March 02, 2018
Publisher Interactive Media
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B07B5BZ583
Best Sellers Rank #186,920 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#4,767 in Classic Literature
#22,233 in Classic Literature & Fiction

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the storyline illuminating and brilliantly executed. They also appreciate the educational value, saying it provides information to assist with understanding the significance of the historical context. Readers also mention that the book is part dictionary, part mini course in European, and provides a decent background on Shakespeare in general. They appreciate the translations of the old English into modern and definitions that allow for a smoother transition between the two translations.

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123 customers mention "Readability"108 positive15 negative

Customers find the book easy to read. They mention that it spells out everything beautifully, providing a comprehensive synopsis of the play. Readers also appreciate that the explanations are split into two parts, providing definitions of the types of poetry used. They say it's extremely beneficial for anyone studying Shakespeare, and that the translations of old English into modern allow for a smoother transition between the two translations.

"...Especially helpful is that the explanations are split into two...." Read more

"A masterpiece of prose and poetry, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has stood the test of time...." Read more

"...The guide includes an introductory discussion of the play's themes and characters, its dramatic structure, its history and historical context and of..." Read more

"...Additionally, there are brief summaries of the entire play and each act and scene peppered throughout this book...." Read more

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Customers find the book provides information to assist with understanding the significance of the historical context. They say it's the perfect guide for revisiting Shakespeare, with a full history of the work. They also appreciate the helpful notes and explanations of slang words and phrases at the bottom of each page. They mention the annotations are far more detailed, and the book has excellent activities and discussions that teachers can use. Additionally, readers also appreciate that it provides just the right amount of help with Shakespeare's language, with good footnotes and useful supplementary material.

"...First of all, they have an outstanding introductory essay where I read for the first time that Shakespeare's language is difficult for everybody..." Read more

"...On the whole though, this book is very helpful, and I tend to think it can be an invaluable aid to high school students studying Shakespeare in..." Read more

"...play's themes and characters, its dramatic structure, its history and historical context and of course its author and insightful summary at the end...." Read more

"...There are also helpful notes and explanations of slang word and phrases at the bottom of each page to further help you decode the mysteries of..." Read more

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Customers find the storyline phenomenal, entertaining, and informative. They also appreciate the explanations along the way, saying they're very illuminating and interesting. Customers also mention that the book is brilliantly executed.

"...introductory discussion of the play's themes and characters, its dramatic structure, its history and historical context and of course its author and..." Read more

"...-by-page glossary is really handy, and this format allows you to continue reading the play without having to flip to the back of the book...." Read more

"...It even includes an entertaining history of theater as it was when this play was presented. ...." Read more

"...will do more than help you pass a test; it will give you complete understanding of the play." Read more

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Customers find the book's content great, comprehensive, and enjoyable for first-time readers. They also appreciate the full, in-depth explanation of the line.

"...The book also offers a full, in-depth explanation of the line, including definitions of Shakespearian terms...." Read more

"...SMC's Romeo and Juliet serves as a comprehensive edition for first-time readers and an enjoyable supplement for more experienced students..." Read more

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"...It is a classic and needed book in every library. It helps that it's a hardcover with explanations along the way." Read more

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Customers find the writing style of the book to be direct and humorous.

"...She thinks his sense of humor is so funny and really is getting into the play on another level...." Read more

"...Old English folklore and puns also prove quite entertaining...." Read more

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"...historical context, hidden meanings in the dialogue, and Shakespeare's wordplay and wit...." Read more

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Hertecant Jozef
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally excellent help with Shakespeare's language
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2013
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Till now, I had always found Shakespeare's language so daunting that after a while I gave up on reading him. Thanks to the Barnes&Noble editions, this has changed for me. First of all, they have an outstanding introductory essay where I read for the first time that Shakespeare's language is difficult for everybody and why. The realization that the problem was not just me gave me the courage to persevere. But for me the main advantage of these editions is that I get just the right amount of help with Shakespeare's language, without being overburdened with extra information that might be interesting but slows me down and makes me lose interest (e.g. the Arden Shakespeare editions). Especially helpful is that the explanations are split into two. Just beside the text are the translations of archaic words or "false friends", words we know but that were used with a different meaning in Shakespeare's time, such as "jealous". In other editions you are forced to search somewhere far away for these explanations and the editors wrongly assume that explaining such words once is enough (a seemingly minor issue which can become extremely frustrating). On the opposite page of Barnes&Noble Shakespeare more complicated expressions are explained, such as allusions to things we are no longer familiar with or cleverly crafted poetic phrases that probably would have caused Shakespeare's contemporaries difficulties too. Somehow, I found it much easier and faster to look for these explanations on the side rather than at the bottom. I was also agreeably surprised by the cheapness of these Barnes&Noble editions, I don't know how to manage to make money on them. My only disappointment is that they have not brought out the whole Shakespeare yet, I sincerely hope they will.
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Teresa
5.0 out of 5 stars just what we needed for class
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2024
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Needed for 9th grade English.
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Reinold F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply amazing. (AmazonClassics Edition)
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2019
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Film, comic TV series adaptations multiply the story of Romeo and Juliet. I have enjoyed many of its mirrors as the version with Leonardo DiCaprio in Miami, the kung fu version with Jet Li, the black and white classic with Cantinflas ("London! I mean... Paris!"xD), or Juleo and Rumiet by Chespirito, among many others. But just now I dared to read the original and it was jaw-dropping...

Shakespeare is invisible. He creates a world where he is not seen and all is doomed to fit or crash by its own accord. The first scenes indirectly set the following drama. In a world where Romeo and Juliet are not meant to be, they violently and inevitably fall in love with each other. There is Rosaline, whom Romeo loved with juvenile passion to her idealized shape. She is there and she is not there to make a contrast with the feelings toward Juliet. Juliet for her part has to clad her tears of love with the disguise of mourning for her cousin Tybalt; she utters words of revenge against Romeo because the world is against her love. Similar to the end of Don Quixote, when he awakes from madness to the tiredness of reality, Romeo also, at his end, has no romance but solitary longing; one that awakes him into a conscious lucidity of his "world-weary flesh" of man. The moment in which he is alone with himself after losing everything at hands of death... is not Hamlet that descends into madness, is Romeo that now seems to understand everything. Rather than romance Romeo and Juliet is about the struggle of small humanity against destiny, to do anything despite to have the whole universe plotting against you. As so this story is a triumph.

Borges said that secretly the national book of Englishmen is the bible, not Shakespeare's works; and that Shakespeare's works was secretly the national book of Germany, not Goethe's works. I love so much the diverse authors of the United Kingdom, especially those at the end of 19th century and beginning of 20th century. But I have to concord that Shakespeare seems different. Clearly universal, not for the location of his plays, but because the human nature is common to each man and woman; a quality that Romanticism, in its insistence for exotic objects to clad the fellow citizens instead to get to to the heart of the exotic cultures, failed to accomplish (although in fairness perhaps that wasn't its goal). Maybe indeed Shakespeare is more akin to the Germanic and Nordic old sagas, those that have a wise understanding of men and women, with characters that deeply say far more in their actions or in subtle words.

About the AmazonClassics Edition it has a minimal of X-Ray to indicate the allegiance of each character to the Capulet or Montague families. Beyond that there are not footnotes nor prologues; and I am happy for that because Shakespeare is better discovered without intermediaries.
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Teresa Grazia-Dei
4.0 out of 5 stars Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare in American Lingo
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2013
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A masterpiece of prose and poetry, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has stood the test of time. But as times have changed, so has the way we speak the English language. Indeed, the English of our mother country is not the same as the American version. Therefore, deciphering the meaning of what is being said by the colorful characters in this play by William Shakespeare, can be a daunting task. Not to mention that the traditions, customs, and things considered to be humorous or off-color were so different in that day and age, that one could easily be confused trying to figure it all out.
Taking all of this into account, Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare Made Clear by Garamond Press is just the ticket when it comes to translating this work from Olde English to American English.
As much as I liked having the American version of the script available just below each section the original version, I also found it distracting at times. When I understood the original Shakespeare, I sometimes felt that I was reading the same thing over and over again. On the whole though, this book is very helpful, and I tend to think it can be an invaluable aid to high school students studying Shakespeare in their English classes.
Also, it must be noted that the book exposes errors in the original script and attempt s to explain them. A lot of "extras" come with this compilation; certainly one gets more than their money's worth here and really can't go wrong making this purchase.
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Art Farooqi
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, perfect for high school English class
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2024
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This book works for the AP 9th grade English class.
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Ana
5.0 out of 5 stars bueno
Reviewed in Mexico on February 9, 2024
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igual que la descripción y foto
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfeito
Reviewed in Brazil on December 4, 2023
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Assim, gostei mas estranhei a demora em fim chegou bem e em perfeitas condições
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Quality
Reviewed in Canada on May 25, 2023
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Good quality for price - just needed something I could write in for teaching R&J! Wouldn't recommend this addition for student use as it doesn't come with helpful side notes/explanations, but for my purposes this was great.
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Alberto Scarpa
5.0 out of 5 stars Prodotto ottimo
Reviewed in Italy on April 9, 2024
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Perfetto, prodotto arrivato in ottime condizioni e in tempi relativamente brevi. Consigliato per i lettori anche non troppo esperti nella lingua inglese, anche perché dotato di note utili alla comprensione.
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Reviewed in India on April 9, 2024
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Received in proper packaging and good condition. It's good to be able to find books online when you are unable to find that one particular book at nearest bookstores.
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