Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became ShakespeareModern · Biography, Nonfiction, History
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
2004 · 438 pages · Nonfiction
29
Modern
★ 3.88 on Goodreads · 11K ratings
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) finalist (2005). 3.88★ from 11K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
29Must-Read Score
- Critics40 out of 100 · counts 35%+16
- Readers22 out of 100 · counts 50%+13
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #176 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #199 of the 220 history books we rank
- #304 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #1141 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) finalist (2005)
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2004)
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