No Fear Shakespeare: King Lear, Volume 6

quantumleap: Finally I can u understand Shakespeare’s wonderful classics

United States on May 13, 2022

Mercedes Patko: Directing this show in a few months and this will be SO helpful!

United States on Apr 21, 2021

Jesse: Bought for my English literature studies and was one of the easier copies of the text to learn with as it offers a translation to the side of the text (which also allowed for note space) so if you are an English student I recommend buying this one

United Kingdom on Jan 25, 2021

Sydney Smith: I bought this bought the help me in my humanities class and this was very helpful while we were reading King lear. I highly suggest buying this book to help you.

United States on Apr 19, 2020

PJ: If you want to actually understand what you are reading, get this book!

Canada on Feb 26, 2020

anudeep reddy: The character descriptions spoil certain things. For example, I don’t like the traits of characters being described beforehand, and prefer to learn them while reading across the play. Try to look them up in an ebook of the original books where the descriptions are minimal.
Applies to all No Fear Shakespeare books.

India on Jun 27, 2019

Vincent Brancato: Good tool to better understand the play

United States on Mar 31, 2019

Sylvain Thi: Pour avoir essayé de lire Roméo et Juliette il y a quelques années, je n'avais vraiment rien compris à l'intrigue... (je pense pourtant avoir un niveau respectable en anglais, j'ai lu par exemple les principaux livres de Tolkien en langue originale).

Avec cette édition, la traduction en langage courant permet de lire Shakespeare comme n'importe quel livre. Certes, on n'appréciera pas toutes les envolées lyriques, mais au moins on comprend et (surtout) on apprécie l'histoire. C'est quand même ça le principal non ? Si on reste tous rebuter par le texte original, Shakespeare se limiterai aux "élites" ?

Il y a également des notes bien venues qui permettent d'expliquer des sous-entendus, ou préciser le contexte de l'époque.

Bref, pour des gens avec un bon niveau, ça sera une horreur de ne pas lire le texte original, et toutes les traductions seront imparfaites... Mais pour un lecteur du dimanche, ça permet de bien aimer Shakespeare :)

France on Apr 02, 2018

thiagoluzzi: (OBS.: 1- Esta avaliação foi feita por um leitor brasileiro e para leitores de língua portuguesa. 2- Aproveitei o começo de uma outra avaliação sobre as edições da Sparknotes; o final é específico sobre King Lear)

As edições da Sparknotes que colocam as peças originais de Shakespeare lado a lado com versões em inglês moderno das mesmas obras foram uma sacada e tanto. O livro fica editado como fosse uma obra "bilíngue", e contém ainda uma lista mais detalhada das personagens da peça, no início, bem como curtas notas explicativas que ajudam a entender alguns trocadilhos, alusões e outros produtos sutis do 'wit' shakespeariano (poderiam ser até mais numerosas essas notas, na minha opinião).

Muitas das peças na versão 'No Fear Shakespeare' estão disponíveis online, mas gostei muito de ter comprado a versão impressa, que chegou rápido, apesar de ser importada, em bom estado e por um preço justo.

Quem lê em português mas quer aventurar-se pelos originais do Bardo encontrará uma ferramenta de trabalho muito interessante. Depois de ler uma ou duas traduções de uma peça clássica como Hamlet, por exemplo, ir ao original pode ficar...

Brazil on Aug 27, 2017

dj: This No Fear Shakespeare version of King Lear is great. I've read the play several times, and seen it performed at least twice, but I've gotten more out of the story from this version than any of the other versions. The translation to modern English is perfect. I found myself going back and forth between Shakespeare's original and the translation quite often, but only to fully appreciate the poetry of Elizabethan language. By reading this unique page to page translation, you really get a fuller picture of the genius of Shakespeare's writing, for one side focuses on the action and characterization while the other side is the original in its poetic form.

This book is just one in the "No Fear" Series. These books bring the plays back to everyday people--who were the majority of the Bard's audience at the public theatres in London 400 years ago. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wishes to understand Shakespeare's works. I've also read "Twelfth Night" and "Romeo and Juliet" in this series, both of which are good. I plan to read others as well.

United States on Nov 10, 2012