Romeo & Juliet by Cliffs Notes Staff @ Fiction book store

Romeo & Juliet by Cliffs Notes Staff
Set during five of the most intensely dramatic days ever portrayed, ROMEO AND JULIET was probably written in 1594 or 1595, and first published in a 1597 edition, as transcribed by actors who had performed it. Other editions appeared later, but even the more authoritative versions, such as that of 1599--probably drawn from Shakespeare's own manuscript copies--lack the detailed stage directions present in the actors' transcription; thus, modern editions incorporate several sources. ROMEO AND JULIET is among the most oft performed of Shakespeare's works, and it has been among the most beloved since its earliest days on the stage. Though the title page of the 1597 edition declares that ROMEO AND JULIET had been performed and enjoyed many times prior to its publication, the first extant direct record of the events of a production refer to a 1662 staging, in which the play was probably adapted or altered--adaption was particularly popular in the 17th century. One London stage ran different conclusions on alternative nights; audiences who went home glum on Friday could be uplifted by the play's ending if they returned on Saturday night. The story of ROMEO AND JULIET was derived by Shakespeare from many sources. The version most contemporary to his own was the 1562 poem The Tragicall History of Romeus and Iuliet by Arthur Brooke, which itself was an adaptation of a French piece by Pierre Boaistuau, which Boaistuau had adapted from the Italian. Indeed, aspects of the tragic story have recurred throughout Western literature since at least the third century. Shakespeare greatly intensified the pace by compressing a piece which had unfolded over the course of several months into the space of five days--a period in which much transpires at daybreak, including the famous balcony scene where Romeo declares, But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?/It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Romeo is forced to approach Juliet in secret because of the impassioned rivalry be

AUTHOR: Cliffs Notes Staff
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction

Ultimate Rose by Beth Smiley, American Rose Society
Description not available.A richly illustrated celebration of the world's favorite flower offers a definitive overview of every class of rose, from ancient varieties to the latest hybrids, detailing the fascinating array of colors, shapes, and sizes found among the rose family. Garden Alt.

AUTHOR: Beth Smiley, American Rose Society
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Gardening

Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper, Kay S. House, Mary E. Milham, Richard D. Rust, William P. Kelly
This fourth novel in Cooper's Leatherstocking series recounts Natty Bumppo's courtship of a young woman against the backdrop of the French and Indian War.

AUTHOR: James Fenimore Cooper, Kay S. House, Mary E. Milham, Richard D. Rust, William P. Kelly
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction

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AUTHOR: Patti Smith
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson
Ferdinand the bull, unlike all the other bulls in Spain, does not like to fight. He would rather sit underneath his favorite tree and sniff flowers. However, Ferdinand is stung by a bee just at the same time that some men are scouring his field in search of a fierce bull for the bullfights. When they see Ferdinand leaping and jumping they think he must be the fiercest bull around and so he is taken to the bullfighting stadium in Madrid. Will Ferdinand fight? Illustrated with b&w drawings.

AUTHOR: Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction

Wizard of Oz by Anne C. Martens, Bob Blaisdell, Charles Santore, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Evelyn Copelman
A ferocious tornado catapults a young girl down a yellow brick road and across the paths of Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, and Cowardly Lion. All she really wants is a one-way ticket home, but what she gets is an adventure that will lead her and her newfound friends past the wickedest of witches to a presumably omnipotent Wizard in the glittery, magical, miraculous land of Oz.

AUTHOR: Anne C. Martens, Bob Blaisdell, Charles Santore, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Evelyn Copelman
PUBLISHER: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction