Shakespeare by Bill Bryson

Shakespeare

Bill Bryson

199 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced

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William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit,...

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informative 98%
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inspiring 8%
relaxing 8%
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mysterious 4%
adventurous 3%
hopeful 1%

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slow 15%

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