The Sonnets: Poetry Guide and Free Edition
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The Sonnets is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Shakespeare, William (1564–1616).
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"The Sonnets" by William Shakespeare is a collection of poems written in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This celebrated work includes 154 sonnets, among them a mysterious sequence addressed to the "Dark Lady"—a woman described with black hair and dark skin who inspires overtly sexual verse. Unlike the spiritual devotion expressed toward the Fair Youth, these poems explore passionate, physical desire. Scholars have long debated whether the Dark Lady was a real person or purely Shakespeare's artistic creation, with various historical figures proposed but none definitively proven.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Sonnets
- Author credits: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- English poetry
- Sonnets, English
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Poetry
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