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Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold: Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist by William Shakespeare, James Anthony (Audio CD, 2018)

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Read by Stephen Fry and Paapa Essiedu and the author. Fall in love with Shakespeare's Sonnets, rewritten in modern English - reworked, retold and reimagined. He has "translated" Shakespeare's sonnets and he has done so with an insolent, loveable charm. A dazzling success' - Stephen Fry.

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Fall in love with Shakespeare's Sonnets, rewritten in modern English - reworked, retold and reimagined. Random House presents the audiobook edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold by William Shakespeare and James Anthony, with a foreword by Stephen Fry. Read by Stephen Fry and Paapa Essiedu and the author. 'James Anthony has done something I would have confidently stated to be impossible. He has translated Shakespeare's sonnets and he has done so with an insolent, loveable charm ... A dazzling success' - Stephen Fry Rediscover the greatest love poetry ever written Shall I compare you to a summer's day? You're more delightful, always shining strong; High winds blow hard on flowering buds in May, And summer never seems to last that long... Shakespeare's sonnets are some of the nation's favourite lines of verse, but the Elizabethan language can make it difficult to really understand them. Many guides offer to clarify the meaning, but lose the magic of the words by explaining them away. James Anthony has done something boldly different. He has rewritten the whole series of poems as sonnets using modern language, while retaining the rhythm and rhyme patterns that gives them such power. In doing so he breathes new life into the original poems and opens them up for a modern readership, demystifying Shakespeare's eternal poetry with provocative new translations and delightful new lines. With the original sonnets read by Stephen Fry, and the modern translations read by Paapa Essiedu, this is a stunning collection of beautiful love poems, made new.