Twelfth Night

Great condition!

Shakespeare, o inconfundível.

My daughter needed this for her lit class. It was exactly what the prof asked for!

The Folger Editions are possibly the best editions of Shakespeare that I've ever read. The text is easy to read, and the side-by-side meaning of some archaic words is good. Also, I think the editors have made good judgement calls about what goes in the square brackets I.e., words and phrases which's meaning is disputed.That aside, Twelfth Night is a fantastic play anyway. The beauty of Shakespeare is that you can read it in one sitting if you want, or dissect it in endless ways, too! That's true of most literature, but I think the way Shakespeare has been re-imagined so MANY times in literature and other mediums (films, for example) is a testimony to the richness of the entire canon. Twelfth Night presents especially intriguing grounds to think about gender and blurring identities. Even if you don't want to think about that, it is absolutely hilarious to read certain scenes (like Malvolio's cross-gartered stockings. Hahha).

This is definitely a classic Shakespearean comedy, complete with disguises, intrigue, love, humor, and a lot of fun. In all honesty, I am not generally a big fan of comedies, but this is definitely an example of an exception. Really, it will never be considered Shakespeare's greatest, but the plot, characters, disguise and romantic elements, and even just the thought of how it would even work on stage when it was originally performed, all contribute to a great mix of humor. As to the edition itself, I found it to be greatly helpful in understanding the action in the play. It has a layout which places each page of the play opposite a page of notes, definitions, explanations, and other things needed to understand that page more thoroughly. While I didn't always need it, I was certainly glad to have it whenever I ran into a turn of language that was unfamiliar, and I definitely appreciated the scene-by-scene summaries. Really, if you want to or need to read Shakespeare, an edition such as this is really the way to go, especially until you get more accustomed to it.

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