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Much Ado About Nothing - (1623 play), by Shakespeare - Signet Classic image

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An man works to undermine his brother's happiness by meddling with his son's marriage. Also two smart people dual with words.

A pretty good book, though my reading of the Signet Classic was seriously interrupted by footnotes. Not because of the shifting up/down to read them, but because the footnotes are crammed all together. Given that this book is 1/4 commentary, axing one for clearer footnotes would have been amazing. Maybe another edition will be better. I intend to collect many of this particular play.



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The Norton Anthology of English Literature - (1987 book), by various cover

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This is a reprint of 34 of the major authors featured in the two-volume set The Norton Anthology of English Literature, with additional info. It has complete works of fiction, plays and poetry. It has 2,656 very thin pages.

Note that by "English" they do not mean English-language authors, they mean mean England-English authors.



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