William Shakespeare's "Sonnet" explores many of his most common themes: jealousy, betrayal, melancholy. It is suffused with unfulfilled desire and, for many, it represents the most comprehensive and moving meditations on love ever written.

This edition is part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a luxury for any book lover.

The complete reproduction of the cycle of 154 interrelated poems, published in 1609, is included in this edition of the Macmillan Collector’s Library. Filled with ideas of love, beauty, and mortality, the sonnets are written in the same beautiful and innovative language we are accustomed to from Shakespeare's plays. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man known as the 'Fair Youth', while others are directed to a 'Rival Poet' and a 'Dark Lady'.