Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 4)
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)
Genre(s): Poetry, Sonnets
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | Sonnets 1-10 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:09:26 |
Play 02 | Sonnets 11-20 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:09:55 |
Play 03 | Sonnets 21-30 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:09:28 |
Play 04 | Sonnets 31-40 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:10:06 |
Play 05 | Sonnets 41-50 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:10:00 |
Play 06 | Sonnets 51-60 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:10:00 |
Play 07 | Sonnets 61-70 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:09:37 |
Play 08 | Sonnets 71-80 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:09:44 |
Play 09 | Sonnets 81-90 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:09:44 |
Play 10 | Sonnets 91-100 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:09:46 |
Play 11 | Sonnets 101-110 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:09:40 |
Play 12 | Sonnets 111-120 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:09:28 |
Play 13 | Sonnets 121-130 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:09:24 |
Play 14 | Sonnets 131-140 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:09:37 |
Play 15 | Sonnets 141-154 | Elizabeth Klett |
00:12:55 |