Condition
GOOD: The book’s spine, covers, and pages are in good condition. There are no markings or highlights. The pages have no creasing, but they are tanning with age (1959).
The CliffsNotes is in ACCEPTABLE condition. There is a stain at the bottom of the front cover (see image). The pages have not yellowed. There is no writing or highlighting within the book.
Product Details
Romeo and Juliet
This book is part of the Folger Library Collections and is edited by Louis B. Wright and Virginia A. LaMar. There are black-and-white, pen-and-ink drawings throughout.
Every fifth line of each scene is numbered for easy reference. Each scene is preceded by a brief glossary (indexed by line number) and a brief summary. At the end of the book, there is a key to famous lines and phrases.
Other features of the The Folger Library Shakespeare editions include:
- reliable text with modernized spelling and punctuation
- scene-by-scene plot summaries
- explanatory notes that clarify obscure and obsolete expressions
- interpretative essay
- accounts of Shakespeare's life and theater
- list of references for further reading
"The force of an overwhelming love that purifies and matures the protagonists is the dominant theme of
Romeo and Juliet, and for more than three and a half centuries sentiments in this play have exerted a romantic influence upon countless readers." — From "A Tragedy of Youthful Love" (page viii).
CliffsNotes
From “A Note to the Reader”—”These notes present a clear discussion of the actions and thought of the work under consideration and a concise interpretation of the artistic merits and significant.
“THE NOTES ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE TEXT ITSELF OR FOR THE CLASSROOM DISCUSSION OF THE TEXT, AND THE STUDENT WHO SO ATTEMPTS TO USE THEM IS DENYING HIMSELF THE VERY EDUCATION THAT HE IS PRESUMABLY GIVING HIS MOST VITAL YEARS TO ACHIEVE.”
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is the classic tragedy of love and death. With sword-fights, secret rendezvous and suicides it is the story of young love torn apart by feuding families. It is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays.
