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The Sonnets

by William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

Shakespeare’s sequence of 154 sonnets deals with such themes as love, time, death, immortality, lust, and sex. The poems follow but also depart from the Petrarchan tradition of sonnets written by a frustrated male lover to an unattainable idealized female beloved. Shakespeare’s sonnets are addressed to both male and female lovers: the androgynous “young man” and the alluring yet dangerously sexual “dark lady.” (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

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• Gutenberg e-text
• Wikipedia – William Shakespeare
• Wikipedia – Shakespeare’s Sonnets
• LibriVox’s The Sonnets Internet Archive page
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Total running time: 2:28:50
Read by Elizabeth Klett

mp3 and ogg files

• 01 – Sonnets 1-10 – 00:09:26
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• 02 – Sonnets 11-20 – 00:09:55
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• 03 – Sonnets 21-30 – 00:09:28
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• 04 – Sonnets 31-40 – 00:10:06
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• 05 – Sonnets 41-50 – 00:10:00
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• 06 – Sonnets 51-60 – 00:10:00
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• 07 – Sonnets 61-70 – 00:09:37
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• 08 – Sonnets 71-80 – 00:09:44
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• 09 – Sonnets 81-90 – 00:09:44
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• 10 – Sonnets 91-100 – 00:09:46
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• 11 – Sonnets 101-110 – 00:09:40
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• 12 – Sonnets 111-120 – 00:09:28
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• 13 – Sonnets 121-130 – 00:09:24
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• 14 – Sonnets 131-140 – 00:09:37
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• 15 – Sonnets 141-154 – 00:12:55
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Cataloged on May 28, 2008