Sonnets
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Sonnets

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Sonnets

About this book

For over four centuries, Shakespeare's Sonnets have stood as the most celebrated and enigmatic collection of poems in the English language. Published in 1609, without the author's apparent consent, these poems form an intimate and complex meditation on the nature of love, beauty, mortality, and the passage of time. Unlike the dramas for which he is famous, the Sonnets offer a glimpse into what feels like a deeply personal world. The poems trace a narrative of intense emotion: the adoration of a beautiful young man, the dark allure of a mysterious "Dark Lady," and the bitter rivalry with a competing poet. Yet, despite centuries of scholarship, their autobiographical truth remains tantalizingly out of reach. From the breathtaking idealism of the opening sonnets, urging procreation and immortality, to the raw, obsessive passion of the later poems, this collection captures every shade of human desire. Here, love is celebrated, interrogated, mourned, and ultimately, immortalized through the very words on the page.

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Information

Publisher
Cactus
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9791256796670
Subtopic
European Poetry

Table of contents

  1. SONNETS
  2. By the same author in the Cactus catalogue:
  3. I
  4. II
  5. III
  6. IV
  7. V
  8. VI
  9. VII
  10. VIII
  11. IX
  12. XI
  13. XII
  14. XIII
  15. XIV
  16. XV
  17. XVI
  18. XVII
  19. XVIII
  20. XIX
  21. XX
  22. XXI
  23. XXII
  24. XXIII
  25. XXIV
  26. XXV
  27. XXVI
  28. XXVII
  29. XXVIII
  30. XXIX
  31. XXX
  32. XXXI
  33. XXXII
  34. XXXIII
  35. XXXIV
  36. XXXV
  37. XXXVI
  38. XXXVII
  39. XXXVIII
  40. XXXIX
  41. XL
  42. XLI
  43. XLII
  44. XLIII
  45. XLIV
  46. XLV
  47. XLVI
  48. XLVII
  49. XLVIII
  50. XLIX
  51. L
  52. LI
  53. LII
  54. LIII
  55. LIV
  56. LV
  57. LVI
  58. LVII
  59. LVIII
  60. LIX
  61. LX
  62. LXI
  63. LXII
  64. LXIII
  65. LXIV
  66. LXV
  67. LXVI
  68. LXVII
  69. LXVIII
  70. LXIX
  71. LXX
  72. LXXI
  73. LXXII
  74. LXXIII
  75. LXXIV
  76. LXXV
  77. LXXVI
  78. LXXVII
  79. LXXVIII
  80. LXXIX
  81. LXXX
  82. LXXXI
  83. LXXXII
  84. LXXXIII
  85. LXXXIV
  86. LXXXV
  87. LXXXVI
  88. LXXXVII
  89. LXXXVIII
  90. LXXXIX
  91. XC
  92. XCI
  93. XCII
  94. XCIII
  95. XCIV
  96. XCV
  97. XCVI
  98. XCVII
  99. XCVIII
  100. XCIX
  101. C
  102. CI
  103. CII
  104. CIII
  105. CIV
  106. CV
  107. CVI
  108. CVII
  109. CVIII
  110. CIX
  111. CX
  112. CXI
  113. CXII
  114. CXIII
  115. CXIV
  116. CXV
  117. CXVI
  118. CXVII
  119. CXVIII
  120. CXIX
  121. CXX
  122. CXXI
  123. CXXII
  124. CXXIII
  125. CXXIV
  126. CXXV
  127. CXXVI
  128. CXXVII
  129. CXXVIII
  130. CXXIX
  131. CXXX
  132. CXXXI
  133. CXXXII
  134. CXXXIII
  135. CXXXIV
  136. CXXXV
  137. CXXXVI
  138. CXXXVII
  139. CXXXVIII
  140. CXXXIX
  141. CXL
  142. CXLI
  143. CXLII
  144. CXLIII
  145. CXLIV
  146. CXLV
  147. CXLVI
  148. CXLVII
  149. CXLVIII
  150. CXLIX
  151. CL
  152. CLI
  153. CLII
  154. CLIII
  155. CLIV

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