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Book Juliet

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anne Fortier
  • Publisher : Ballantine Books
  • Release : 2010-08-24
  • ISBN : 0345519779
  • Pages : 466 pages

Download or read book Juliet written by Anne Fortier and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping novel of intrigue and identity, of love and legacy, as a young woman discovers that her own fate is irrevocably tied—for better or worse—to literature’s greatest star-crossed lovers. Twenty-five-year-old Julie Jacobs is heartbroken over the death of her beloved aunt Rose. But the shock goes even deeper when she learns that the woman who has been like a mother to her has left her entire estate to Julie’s twin sister. The only thing Julie receives is a key—one carried by her mother on the day she herself died—to a safety-deposit box in Siena, Italy. This key sends Julie on a journey that will change her life forever—a journey into the troubled past of her ancestor Giulietta Tolomei. In 1340, still reeling from the slaughter of her parents, Giulietta was smuggled into Siena, where she met a young man named Romeo. Their ill-fated love turned medieval Siena upside-down and went on to inspire generations of poets and artists, the story reaching its pinnacle in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. But six centuries have a way of catching up to the present, and Julie gradually begins to discover that here, in this ancient city, the past and present are hard to tell apart. The deeper she delves into the history of Romeo and Giulietta, and the closer she gets to the treasure they allegedly left behind, the greater the danger surrounding her—superstitions, ancient hostilities, and personal vendettas. As Julie crosses paths with the descendants of the families involved in the unforgettable blood feud, she begins to fear that the notorious curse—“A plague on both your houses!”—is still at work, and that she is destined to be its next target. Only someone like Romeo, it seems, could save her from this dreaded fate, but his story ended long ago. Or did it? Praise for Juliet “One of those rare novels that have it all . . . I was swept away”—Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants “Juliet leads us on a thrilling treasure hunt through present-day Italy that makes the classic tragedy itself spellbinding all over again.”—Elle “Boldly imagined, brilliantly plotted, beautifully described, Juliet will carry you spellbound until the gripping end.”—Susan Vreeland, author of Clara and Mr. Tiffany “The Shakespearean scholarship on display is both impressive and well-handled.”—The Washington Post

Book RomeoxJuliet Omnibus

Download or read book RomeoxJuliet Omnibus written by William Shakespeare and published by Yen Press. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neo-Verona was once peacefully ruled by the Capulet family, but the rival house of Montague led a coup against the Capulets, wiping them out. Fourteen years later, Lord Montague rules Neo-Verona with an iron fist. But there is hope for the suffering citizens: Juliet Capulet survived the massacre and now turns her sword against the wealthly Montagues in an effort to aid the poor. When she meets the son of Lord Montague at the Rose Ball, she discovers that he is similarly disturbed by his father's cruelty. As Juliet finds herself falling in love with her sworn enemy, she is conflicted... Is there any hope for a love that crosses enemy lines?

Book Romeo and Juliet

Download or read book Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare and published by Shakespeare Comic Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romeo and Juliet offers a skilfully edited version of Shakespeare's text with modern English translation. This dual text is presented in a highly illustrated, full colour cartoon style. Used by schools at Key Stages 1-5, (though primarily KS 2-4), this edition is also excellent for home study.

Book Romeo and Juliet  A Critical Reader

Download or read book Romeo and Juliet A Critical Reader written by Julia Reinhard Lupton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uniquely, this guide analyses the play's critical and performance history and recent criticism, as well as including five essays offering radically new paths for contemporary interpretation. The subject matter of these essays is rich and diverse, ranging across the play's philosophical identification of sexual love with self-realization, the hermeneutic implications of an editor's textual choices, the minor characters of the play in relation to Renaissance performance traditions, Romeo and Juliet in opera and ballet, and the play's Italian sources and afterlives. The guide also contains a chapter on the key resources available, including scholarly editions and easily available DVDs, and discusses the ways in which they can be used in the classroom to aid understanding and provoke further debate. Edited by leading scholar Julia Reinhard Lupton, this is an essential guide for both students and scholars of Shakespeare.

Book The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

Download or read book The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart written by David Greig and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One wintry morning academic Prudencia Hart sets off to a conference in the Scottish Borders. Stranded there by snow, she is swept off on a dream-like journey of self discovery, complete with magical moments, devilish encounters and wittily wild music. 'You shouldn't miss this for the world . . . Rambunctiously life-affirming and touchingly beautiful.' Herald 'More vibrantly alive than any piece of theatre I've seen in Scotland for years.' Scotsman Inspired by the Border ballads, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart toured throughout Scotland in 2011 in a production by the National Theatre of Scotland.

Book Romeo and Juliet and Vampires

Download or read book Romeo and Juliet and Vampires written by Claudia Gabel and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a re-telling of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy about two young 'star-cross'd lovers' whose untimely deaths unite their feuding families. When a classic is perfect, there is only one thing that can make it better, folding in a breed of vampires.

Book Romeo and Juliet

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  • Author : William Shakespeare
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1886
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 112 pages

Download or read book Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Romeo and Juliet

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  • Author : William Shakespeare
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2024-05-13
  • ISBN : 9789361447266
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2024-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NA

Book Reclaiming Romeo and Juliet

Download or read book Reclaiming Romeo and Juliet written by Vincenza Minutella and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the birth, life and afterlife of the story of Romeo and Juliet, by looking at Italian translations/rewritings for page, stage and screen. Through its analysis of published translations, theatre performances and film adaptations, the volume offers a thorough investigation of the ways in which Romeo and Juliet is handled by translators, as well as theatre and cinema practitioners. By tracing the journey of the “star-crossed lovers” from the Italian novelle to Shakespeare and back to Italy, the book provides a fascinating account of the transformations of the tale through time, cultures, languages and media, enabling a deeper understanding of the ongoing fortune of the play and exploring the role and meaning of translation. Due to its interdisciplinarity, the book will appeal to anyone interested in translation studies, theatre studies, adaptation studies, Shakespeare films and Shakespeare in performance. Moreover, it will be a useful resource for both lecturers and students.

Book Romeo And Juliet

Download or read book Romeo And Juliet written by Andrew Matthews and published by Orchard Books. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over two million Shakespeare Shorts sold! Discover the world of Shakespeare with this collection of brilliant stories - perfect for readers of all ages. When Romeo and Juliet meet at a masked ball it's love at first sight. But their families are sworn enemies, and the very next day a deadly brawl breaks out between the Montagues and Capulets. Young Romeo is caught up in the fighting and as punishment is banished from the city - and sent away from Juliet for ever... A beautiful retelling of Shakespeare's most famous love story.

Book Saving Juliet

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  • Author : Suzanne Selfors
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2008-12-01
  • ISBN : 080278464X
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Saving Juliet written by Suzanne Selfors and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mimi Wallingford, Great Granddaughter of Adelaide Wallingford, has the life that most girls dream about, playing Juliet opposite teen heartthrob Troy Summer on Broadway in Shakespeare's famous play. Unfortunately, she has no desire to be an actress, a fact her mother can't seem to grasp. But when she and Troy are magically thrust into Shakespeare's Verona, they experience the feud between the Capulets and Montagues first hand. Mimi realizes that she and Juliet have more in common than Shakespeare's script-they are both fighting for futures of their own choosing. Mimi feels compelled to help her and with Troy's unexpected help, hopes to give Shakespeare's most famous tragedy a happily-ever-after-ending.

Book O  Juliet

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  • Author : Robin Maxwell
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9780451229151
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book O Juliet written by Robin Maxwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juliet Capelletti must choose between a traditionally loveless marriage to her father's business partner or fulfillment of her poetic dreams in this new take on the story of the woman who inspired Shakespeare's most famous female character. Original.

Book Screen Adaptations  Romeo and Juliet

Download or read book Screen Adaptations Romeo and Juliet written by Courtney Lehmann and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Screen Adaptations series provides an in-depth look at how classic pieces of literature have been adapted for screen. It assesses the ways in which alternative screen interpretations offer up different readings of the original text as well as the methodologies and approaches of filmmakers. Each title in the series collects together a vast array of study material, critical insight and thought-provoking comparisons - from literary context to the afterlife of the screen versions. Shakespeare on Film is a huge area of study and Romeo and Juliet is one of his most popular plays with many teachers using film versions as a way of approaching the text. Focussing in the main on West Side Story and Baz Lurhmann's Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, this is a unique and comprehensive insight into the adaptation process providing a vital study aid for students.

Book Romeo and Juliet in European Culture

Download or read book Romeo and Juliet in European Culture written by Juan F. Cerdá and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its roots deep in ancient narrative and in various reworkings from the late medieval and early modern period, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has left a lasting trace on modern European culture. This volume aims to chart the main outlines of this reception process in the broadest sense by considering not only critical-scholarly responses but also translations, adaptations, performances and various material and digital interventions which have, from the standpoint of their specific local contexts, contributed significantly to the consolidation of Romeo and Juliet as an integral part of Europe’s cultural heritage. Moving freely across Europe’s geography and history, and reflecting an awareness of political and cultural backgrounds, the volume suggests that Shakespeare’s tragedy of youthful love has never ceased to impose itself on us as a way of articulating connections between the local and the European and the global in cases where love and hatred get in each other’s way. The book is concluded by a selective timeline of the play’s different materialisations.

Book Romeo and Juliet

Download or read book Romeo and Juliet written by Max Work and published by Viper Comics. This book was released on 2011-12-28 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a futuristic retellling in graphic novel format of the story of Romeo and Juliet as the rivalry between the Montagues, cyborgs with manufactured DNA, and the Capulets, genetically enhanced humans, threatens to destroy the Empire of Verona while Romeo and Juliet, after falling in love, hope to bring about peace.

Book Romeo and Juliet

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  • Author : William Shakespeare
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 19??
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 171 pages

Download or read book Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet

Download or read book The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annotated edition of The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet provides two valuable textual services to its readers. It restores the language of Shakespeare to that of the First Folio of 1623, with its idiosyncratic but illuminating spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. It also provides footnotes and annotations that are candid and plainspoken in their accounting of Shakespeare's themes, especially his frequent if oft-overlooked and underappreciated bawdy puns and allusions. An extensive introduction is included, as are appendices detailing typographical errors, stage directions, emended lineations and character tags from the First Folio.