
It's not perfect - I really, really wanted the Sonnets, and this is only the First Folio plays - but I'll take what I can afford. Then I happened across this edition at the store and just couldn't resist. That made me wonder what Shakespeare would be like with the original spelling, but the only Complete Works editions with original spelling that I could find were $150+, used.

Way too expensive! Then I happened across this edition at t A couple months back, I tackled Chaucer in the original and a couple of brief forays into an ebook edition with modernized spelling showed me that often the rhythm and rhymes were lost when you modernize the spelling, even if it's otherwise word-for-word identical. Henry VIII (1612–1613) - Decem.moreĪ couple months back, I tackled Chaucer in the original and a couple of brief forays into an ebook edition with modernized spelling showed me that often the rhythm and rhymes were lost when you modernize the spelling, even if it's otherwise word-for-word identical.

Much adoo about Nothing Loves Labour lost.
