Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year

By: Allie Esiri

Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Helen McCrory, Damian Lewis, Paapa Essiedu, Jade Anouka, Hattie Morahan, Ben Allen, Jot Davies, Allie Esiri

"Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year is not just for Christmas, but for all time." —Helena Bonham Carter

A magnificent collection of 365 passages from Shakespeare's works, for the Shakespeare scholar and neophyte alike.

Make Shakespeare a part of your daily routine with Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year, a yearlong collection of passages from Shakespeare's greatest works. Drawing from the full spectrum of plays and sonnets to mark each day of the year, whether it's a scene from Hamlet to celebrate Christmas or a Sonnet in June to help you enjoy a summer's day. There are also passages to mark important days in the Shakespeare calendar, both from his own life and from his plays: You'll read a pivotal speech from Julius Caesar on the Ides of March and celebrate Valentine's day with a sonnet. Every passage is accompanied by an enlightening note to teach you its significance and help you better appreciate the timelessness and poetry of Shakespeare's words. Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year will give you a thoughtful way reflect on each day, all while giving you a deeper appreciation for the most famous writer in the English language.

Critic reviews

"What distinguishes [Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year] are its fascinating, scholarly prefaces. A lucky dip for all ages and a handsome Christmas diversion." —Books of the Year, The Observer

"Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year is not just for Christmas, but for all time." —Helena Bonham Carter

“He was not for an age but for all time.” —Ben Jonson

This collection of Shakespeare passages, each with a brief introductory commentary, has been my reading companion every morning for this past year, and I will deeply miss it. I expect in a year or two I will return to it, but in the meantime, it shall also be a trusty reference.

This book is a treasure.

A distração da minha insônia

Como é bom ouvir essa maravilha nas noites de insônia! A narração está fantástica!

The narrator is fictional

This is a wonderful selection, well-read, and well distributed across the canon However, in an unfortunate illustration of artists whose knowledge bases are far too small, the text insists that the forest of Arden (read for some reason as The Ardennes, is fictional. This egregious lack of memory of the deforestation of the British Isles for "protection" of the realm, that is, for the sake of insecurity, and disseminated around the globe during the ages of wood and sail, and now productive oof the Sixth Extinction is a crime against creation and a ticket to eradication not only of the Forest of Arden, but of everything that Shakespeare still helps. us to revel in. That awful production of As You Like It that featured desks standing in for the forest is coming true. When will moderns give up the Greek Idea that spewing problems on the audience is enough, and that age-old tales of nature are more important now than ever. Truly, the literati are most at fault; historieans and archaeologists (who in England are actually opposed to reforestation) do better with revealing the past. I'd rather look to Michael Wood and John Barton for context and do without this commentary altogether (despite the super-posh accent that puts on an imprimatur off...what? Analytic fragmentation and loss of narrative coherence just when ancient mores are coming to our rescue.