Shakespeare's First Reader

Richard Stonley, the earliest known purchaser of Shakespeare's first publication, Venus and Adonis, has hitherto been the merest of footnotes in literary history. Through a combination of book history and biography, Shakespeare's First Reader tells a compelling story of how one early modern gentleman lived in and through his library.

Richard Stonley, cel mai vechi cumparator cunoscut al primei publicatii a lui Shakespeare, Venus si Adonis, a fost pana acum cel mai mic nota de subsol din istoria literara. Printr-o combinatie de istorie de carte si biografie, primul cititor al lui Shakespeare spune o poveste convingatoare despre modul in care un prim gentleman modern a trait in si prin biblioteca sa.