The Sonnets by William Shakespeare
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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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Sonnets |
| Alternate Title | The Shakespearian Sonnets |
| Note | There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #1041 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Lady_(Shakespeare) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | English poetry |
| Subject | Sonnets, English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1105 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 1997 |
| Last Update | Sep 14, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 616 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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