Optional reviewed Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (Annotated Shakespeare)
Poetry to die for
5 stars
Do read it, no question. Full review here.
mass market paperback, 126 pages
English language
Published Dec. 18, 2001 by Scholastic, Inc..
She is only fourteen, he is only a few years older. Their families are bitter enemies, sworn to hatred. Yet Romeo and Juliet meet and fall passionately in love. Defying their parents' wishes, they are secretly married, but their brief happiness is shattered by fate.
This famous pair of star-crossed lovers lives forever in Shakespeare's haunting play. (back cover)
Do read it, no question. Full review here.
No por nada es un referente de la literatura universal. El lenguaje, las reacciones extremas de los personajes, la mezcla de lo trágico y lo cómico entre tantísimos otros detalles hacen de esta obra una parada obligatoria para quien tenga un poco de curiosidad por los clásicos.