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  <title><![CDATA[Romeo and Juliet (Dover Thrift Editions)]]></title>
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  <default-description>Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play, Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play 	&lt;LI&gt;Scene-by-scene plot summaries, A key to famous lines and phrases, an introduction to reading Shakespeare's language, an essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play, illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books.

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs.</default-description>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Romeo and Juliet, abridged.<br/><br/>ROMEO: I’m Romeo, and I used to be emo and annoying but now I’m so totally in luuuuurve and it’s AWESOME. <br/>MERCUTIO: Okay, three things: One, there’s only room in this play for one awesome character and it’s <em>me</em>, bitch. Two, you’re still emo and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22496970">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 27 17:14:57 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 27 17:47:49 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure what annoys me more - the play that elevated a story about two teenagers meeting at a ball and instantly &quot;falling in love&quot; then deciding to get married after knowing each other for one night into the most well-known love story of all time, or the middle schools that feed this ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31375803">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="139405">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Honestly, who doesn't like a love story?]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Mar 02 07:21:52 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[How someone can go and get two degrees in English and not read <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>, I have absolutely no idea. Why I would take it upon myself to read Shakespeare when I’m under no obligation, I’m afraid only fellow writers and lit geeks will understand.<br/><br/>It’s among the best-known stori...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/139405">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[romantics of every description]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Oct 25 15:34:51 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was told I could learn everything I needed to know about life from &quot;Romeo and Juliet&quot;. The play doesn't stand out in my mind in terms of plot or motivation, however the whole thing is worth paying a great deal of attention to because of a handful of speeches. Most notably, Mercutio's &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8247141">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22611239">
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Stepheine Meyer!]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Let's talk for a minute about why I would give 5 stars to this awful story.  I just need to step back 25 years.  I first read this when I was in junior high (just the age of our star-crossed lovers), and I absolutely loathed it.  Unfortunately, I didn't just simmer quietly about it--I loathed this L...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22611239">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55535366">
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    <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[     A familar title, Romeo and Juliet is a heart-breaking story about a pair of &quot;star-crossed&quot; lovers.  This is an inspiring literature written in Elizathen age.  Because of the ancient grudge, two households, capulet and montague are separated from the world with the hatred sword, otherw...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55535366">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20636362">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 21 08:29:57 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 21 08:30:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you haven't read this yet...I just don't understand why not!]]></body>
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    <review id="13983086">
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  <date_updated>Wed May 28 10:29:28 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[How does one critique Shakespear? I can't therefore I won't.]]></body>
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    <review id="47999562">
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 02 09:13:31 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 26 15:08:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Romeo and Juliet the classic and revered romance book by many a generation and many people, it is a household book that pretty much anyone can tell you at least part of the plot. There are books and several movies based on this book, people still preform this play and it's author is one of histories...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47999562">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35257869">
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 19 02:06:50 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 14 02:09:45 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 19 02:06:50 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Uh....I'm reading one of these editions of Romeo and Juliet, by one of those publishers. I am switch hitting at work, this and &quot;I&quot; by Stephen Dixon. <br/><br/>It's been since college since I've read any Shakespeare. Thankfully this wasn't too long ago.<br/><br/>When a somewhat uneducated c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35257869">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19325518">
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    <name><![CDATA[Carly]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[EVERYONE]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 02 16:46:05 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 21 05:13:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>14</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Some people think Shakespeare is too old, outdated and overrated. However, when I can read something for the 14th time, and STILL find new things in it?  Obviously that means the author did something right.<br/><br/>The themes that appear in this play: love, suicide, hate, and revenge being some  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19325518">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18418321">
  <user id="1015779">
    <name><![CDATA[Megan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[North Las Vegas, NV]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sat Mar 22 20:30:48 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 25 13:09:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to think a bit about Laura's question regarding whether I like this story because it's Shakespeare or if there was more to it.  <br/><br/>This was my introduction to Shakespeare, so that is surely part of it.  But I also love the stories that stick with me and, although I'm not one for suici...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18418321">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12280815">
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    <name><![CDATA[♥♥yayi♥jazmine♥♥ RL]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[to poetry wrighters and any one willing to take there time to understand the languge]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Own choise and school]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Feb 11 09:32:36 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[rushing into thing is never does any good. Think things thru. Listen to your gut !and when u have a philosophy on life u should fallow it! Life is like ying-&amp;-yang there is balancey . Dont love hard or too soft.(5th  time reading the play and NOW I'm starting to understand!) <br/> <br/>ignore the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12280815">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1973254">
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    <body><![CDATA[The first time I read Romeo and Juliet (my freshman year of high school), I hated it.  I had always heard it built up as a great love story, a great romance- and I didn't see it at all.  To me, it seemed a pretty pointless story about a couple of idiotic teenagers in lust.  The ridiculous essays I w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1973254">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="441524">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kelly]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Problem D<br/>Romeo &amp; Juliet !<br/>Input: Standard Input<br/>Output: Standard Output<br/>Time Limit: 2 seconds<br/><br/> <br/><br/>In this problem we will discuss the problems of a modern Romeo and a modern Juliet. You are asked to solve their problems so that they don’t have to be a tragi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/441524">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22696998">
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    <body><![CDATA[Like most people, I read it in junior high school and pretty much hated it. Ugh, what horrid memories it brings back - having to listen to other adolescents who really have no background knowledge or interest read aloud from the text with no cadence or feeling (other than &quot;thank God that's over...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22696998">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41081579">
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first Shakespeare; I read it with my middle school in 9th grade. Didn't love it, but it was a good way in to the world of Shakespeare.<br/><br/>Romeo's death soliloquy struck me at the time as the only memorable passage.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a high school student, I hated Romeo and Juliet. I thought their actions too melodramatic, and because I didn't believe in love at first sight, I found the entire play deficient. The entire tragedy, in my teenage eyes, occurred because of their parent's feud. Now I realize that the play wasn't la...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37815112">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Romeo the son of the Montague was pining away about this beautiful young woman named Rosaline. His long time friend Mercuitio took him to a mask ball for the hated family of the Caplets. Romeo meets a girl named Juliet the two fall in love and the families forbid the love. Every night romeo would sn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49133494">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked Romeo and Juliet, but honestly, I don't see what all the hype is about. It's a story about stupid, hormone-driven teenagers who are only thinking with their penises and vaginas, and as a result they nearly wipe out both of their families. All in the name of puppy love and secret sex. How doe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45616438">more...</a>]]></body>
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