Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis) vs Sonnets: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis)

Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis) William Shakespeare · 1771 ★★★★☆ 3.8 201 pages · ≈ 3 h 43 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Sonnets

Sonnets William Shakespeare · 1609 ★★★★☆ 4.2 174 pages · ≈ 3 h 13 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Readers rate Sonnets higher: 4.2 vs 3.8 from 114417 votes.

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