Othello: Sow the Wind: The Moor of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)

Libro di ketteratura classica

My daughter needed this book for a school project, and she loved the book. We got it so quickly, very last minute, as she forgot she needed it, of course! Great book.

My go to editions for teaching - and Othello was up to the usual high standard. Clearly presented text, notes on the facing page, and a surprisingly detailed critical apparatus for a low-price edition. Highly recommend.

The Folger Shakespeare Library version of Shakespeare's plays is the best. There's so much information provided about each play. The best feature is the list of definitions on each facing page (gotta love those fancy Shakespeare words). The price point is perfect, perhaps slightly more than the mass media version -- which has the tiniest font -- and totally worth every penny.

First of all, I would like to know who I need to speak with in customer service about getting a partial refund, because this book was only partially in English. I paid full price for a paperback, which presumably includes the expectation that the author will use words from this century. Instead, I was trapped in a linguistic hostage situation trying to decode what "forsooth" and "zounds" mean. If I wanted to use Rosetta Stone on my weekend, I wouldn't have bought a novel. To make matters worse, about halfway through this exhausting exercise in deciphering old-timey riddles, I realized the plot was a complete scam. This Shakespeare guy is being praised as a literary genius, but he literally stole the entire storyline from that 2001 teen movie O with Julia Stiles and Mekhi Phifer. A jealous guy? A manipulative friend named "Iago" instead of Hugo? A missing piece of fabric causing a massive, catastrophic misunderstanding? It’s a direct ripoff. I didn't pay for Prime two-day shipping to read a bootleg, 16th-century novelization of a modern high school drama. And don't even get me started on the handkerchief. You are telling me a highly decorated military general completely ruins his life, his career, and his marriage over a dropped piece of embroidered Kleenex? In modern thrillers, the stakes are at least believable, but these characters went full true-crime over a sneeze rag. Honestly, the most ridiculous part of this entire experience was getting an automated email from Amazon asking me to rate and review William Shakespeare. What exactly am I supposed to say? "Good ink. The pages turn nicely. Book has nice texture"? It's a 400-year-old play; I really don't think my star rating is going to make or break his career at this point.