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Shakespeare's Sonnets: A Fortnight

A fortnight inside the sequence that changed the language.

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A hundred and fifty-four sonnets, written across the 1590s, first printed in 1609 without Shakespeare's consent. Fourteen of the greatest: two from the procreation sequence, five from the fair youth arc, four on time and decay, and three from the dark lady poems where desire turns dark. One sonnet a day for two weeks. Each one is fourteen lines. None of them is simple.

Read one big book alongside other readers, a day at a time. Cohorts set off on the date above.

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