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Macbeth. the Originals.
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I read this Project Gutenberg's First Folio edition of Macbeth in parallel with Jo Nesbø's Macbeth, and honestly, I'm not sure which I liked less!
My memory of Shakespeare's Macbeth, admittedly about 45 years old, is considerably better than what I just read, and perhaps later editions were fixed up, but Willie has Malcolm telling MacDuff that he's too venal to be King, and then immediately turning around and saying he repents and will be king. At least Nesbø's version makes that understandable, but he's so wordy!  The Gutenberg version is 58 Kobo pages, and probably 12 of those are Project Gutenberg boilerplate.Â
Shakespeare's Macbeth has Ross (MacDuff's cousin) meet him and tell him that his wife and children are fine, yep, just great... oh, well, the tyrant murdered them the moment your back was turned. But at least the way the murders are committed seemed at least as believable as the rest of the play. Nesbø's version is so over the top, I couldn't imagine it happening.
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Started Reading
(Mass Market Paperback Edition)
Started Reading
September 25, 2018
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Finished Reading
(Mass Market Paperback Edition)
September 25, 2018
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Finished Reading
October 3, 2018
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January 2, 2019
– Shelved
(Mass Market Paperback Edition)