{"product_id":"the-sonnets-and-a-lovers-complaint-9780141192574","title":"The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen this volume of Shakespeare's poems first appeared in 1609, he had already written most of the great plays that made him famous. The 154 sonnets - all but two of which are addressed to a beautiful young man or a treacherous 'dark lady' - contain some of the most exquisite and haunting poetry ever written, and deal with eternal subjects such as love and infidelity, memory and mortality, and the destruction wreaked by Time. Also included is A Lover's Complaint, originally published with the sonnets, in which a young woman is overheard lamenting her betrayal by a heartless seducer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenguin Clothbound Classics are bound in cloth and not paper. The design is stamped on in foil, and each cover repeats one small icon taken from the story. The series was designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, who took her inspiration from Victorian bookbinding. Each book has coloured endpapers and a ribbon bookmark. They make beautiful presents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe foil can rub off if the books are stacked tightly, so give them a little room on the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: William Shakespeare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePoetry by individual poets, Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 Oct 2009 by Penguin Books Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shakespeare, William","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55718432440698,"sku":"9780141192574","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780141192574_663d0ae4-f5f1-46df-a4f8-095167abdeab.jpg?v=1755014001","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/cy\/products\/the-sonnets-and-a-lovers-complaint-9780141192574","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}