{"product_id":"9781035419784","title":"The Little Book of Shakespeare on Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo writer, before or since, has matched Shakespeare in terms of influence, critical acclaim or popular success. And the Bard had plenty to say about the subject of love - the word appears more than 2,000 times in his collected works! Packed full of timeless reflections on the subject - from the star-crossed devotions of Romeo and Juliet to the witty rhetoric in Much Ado About Nothing - and complemented by fascinating facts about Shakespeare and his works - this Little Book contains some of the most romantic and profound lines ever written in the English language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you,\u003cbr\u003eDid my heart fly at your service.”\u003cbr\u003eFerdinand - The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Did my heart love till now?\u003cbr\u003eForswear it, sight!\u003cbr\u003eFor I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.”\u003cbr\u003eRomeo - Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Doubt that the stars are fire,\u003cbr\u003eDoubt that the sun doth move his aides,\u003cbr\u003eDoubt truth to be a liar,\u003cbr\u003eBut never doubt I love.”\u003cbr\u003eHamlet - Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo-one has influenced the modern rom-com genre as much as Shakespeare. Perhaps the Bard's most influential romantic comedy is Much Ado About Nothing, the timeless tale of sworn enemies who become lovers. Countless pop-culture pairings owe a debt to the play, from Elizabeth and Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice to the leads in When Harry Met Sally and Something's Gotta Give.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShakespeare's best-loved sonnet, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?”, touches on the themes of unattainable love and mortality. The poem is part of Shakespeare's “Fair Youth” sequence of sonnets, which many historians believe are actually about a young man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+William+Shakespeare\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"William Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382526132387,"sku":"9781035419784","price":165.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781035419784_91000f0a-f02d-4458-b96a-f132c57d56ef.jpg?v=1776518812","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781035419784","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}