Sonnets (No Fear Shakespeare): No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English: Volume 16

Makes Shakespeare fun!

On the left pages you will find the original sonnets and on the right (facing) pages you will find "translations" into modern English: very useful and helpful if you are interested in these works

The Sonnets are written in beautiful but compressed language which is sometimes very difficult to understand. Most readers will need some explication, and this edition does it by dispensing with notes and instead every sonnet is followed by a paraphrase in modern English. I found this gave the help I needed and now feel I can read the sonnets with better understanding.

Great book. Thank you.

Good

On the left the sonnet, on the right a paraphrased modern version. An excellent way to get into the sonnets straight away.