17 APRIL 1964, page 16

Afterthought

By ALAN BRIEN I SPENT Iwo and a half hours on Tuesday morning in the bath reading Shake- speare's sonnets. Soaking there like Proust's petite madeleine, there came ...---. back......

What Interested Me Far More In Re-reading The Sonnets After

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