Book excerpt: Selected works of William Shakespeare from the series "Best of the Best" is the book that everyone should read to understand themselves and each other. The authors and works for this book series were selected, as a result of numerous studies, analysis of the texts over the past 100 years and the demand for readers. It must be read in order to understand the world around us, its history, to recognize the heroes, to understand the winged expressions and jokes that come from these literary works. Reading these books will mean the discovery of a world of self-development and self-expression for each person. These books have been around for decades, and sometimes centuries, for the time they recreate, the values they teach, the point of view, or simply the beauty of words. This volume of the Best of the Best series includes famous works: THE SONNETS; ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL; THE TRAGEDY OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA; AS YOU LIKE IT; THE COMEDY OF ERRORS; THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS; CYMBELINE; THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK; KING HENRY THE FOURTH. THE FIRST PART; KING HENRY THE FOURTH. THE SECOND PART; THE LIFE OF KING HENRY THE FIFTH; THE FIRST PART OF HENRY THE SIXTH; THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH; THE THIRD PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH; KING HENRY THE EIGHTH; THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING JOHN; THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR; THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR; LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST; THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH; MEASURE FOR MEASURE; THE MERCHANT OF VENICE; THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR; A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, MOOR OF VENICE; PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE; KING RICHARD THE SECOND; KING RICHARD THE THIRD; THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET; THE TAMING OF THE SHREW; THE TEMPEST; THE LIFE OF TIMON OF ATHENS; THE TRAGEDY OF TITUS ANDRONICUS; THE HISTORY OF TROILUS AND CRESSIDA; TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL; THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA; THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN; THE WINTER’S TALE; A LOVER’S COMPLAINT; THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM; THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE; THE RAPE OF LUCRECE; VENUS AND ADONIS