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| Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) | 
 enlarge | Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 6927
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 0743477111
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9780743477116
ASIN: 0743477111
Publication Date: January 1, 2004
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Product Description
Each edition includes: - Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
- Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
- Scene-by-scene plot summaries
- A key to famous lines and phrases
- An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
- An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
- Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Thwarted love. August 6, 2004
10 out of 15 found this review helpful
I recently re-read ROMEO AND JULIET prior to attending The Colorado Shakespeare Festival's performance of the Bard's most famous love story under the summer stars here in Boulder. It tells the familiar, romantic tragedy of an age-old feud between the Montague and Capulet familes, and the love between "star-crossed" lovers, Romeo (a Montague) and Juliet (a Capulet). After the two lovers secretly marry, the hostility between their families escalates, driving young Romeo and Juliet to their shared destiny of love and death. ROMEO AND JULIET is a powerful play about the pursuit of love in a violent society. It is also a play that reminds me that it is perhaps better to read and re-read Shakespeare than to devour one bestseller after the next.
G. Merritt
Understandable notations February 20, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The Folger edition of Romeo and Juliet is very easy to read. The many notes and illustrations make it enjoyable.
Immortal Story Presented So Anyone Can Understand The Vocabulary December 4, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Of course this is an immortal story that has been read for centuries and at least one beautiful motion picture has been based on it. But, I guess I'm a "dunce" because I never could understand much of the dialogue. "What he say?" was my reaction to much of it. But, I discovered these Folger Shakespeare Library editions that have the dialogue as written by Shakespeare in Elizabethan English on the right side of the page and the "translations" and explanations on the left. Wow! That format makes it very easy to enjoy this book without going to a dictionary every 90 seconds or so! And, for teachers, I think they'll be overjoyed when they see the positive results they could get in class! If you have any opinions about this edition please email boland7214@aol.
Great Book! July 31, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Romeo and Juliet is a wonderful read. I loved reading every minute of it. The summaries and the explanatory notes help you understand everything about it. This is a great book and I would recommend you read this as an introduction to Shakespeare. I did and I am now going to start A Midsummer Night's Dream. Read this book! You'll love every minute of it!
 the movie was better May 26, 2005
6 out of 25 found this review helpful
i just read this book. everybody like always talks about how great it is and everything. but i don't think so. like, it's been done before, right?? soooo cliched. omg.
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