GRE Audio Books

There are obviously a lot of works by Shakespeare that could potentially show up on the GRE. My advice would be to read a few of the most famous plays if you haven’t already (Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, The Tempest and Romeo and Juliette) and review characters and synopses on the Spark Notes website. You should also be familiar with the most famous sonnets, and be able to recognize the form of the Shakespearean sonnet.

Audio Books

Here are sonnets 51-60. You don’t have to know them by heart, but you should have a good sense of Shakespeare’s style.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets, 51-60

Shakespeare Links

For more  Shakespeare sonnets and audio books, check out the following sites.

Speak The Speech – a great site offering free audio books of Shakespeare plays performed by actors.
wired for books – William Shakespeare this site contains free and pretty decent audio recordings of Shakespeare’s major plays.
ShakespeareCast.com A William Shakespeare podcast.

 

 Shakespeare's Sonnets, 51-60 [9:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Listen to the audio book of William Shakespeare – Hamlet – There is a Willow (Act 4, Scene 7)

 

 William Shakespeare - Hamlet - There is a Willow [2:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

William Shakespeare – Macbeth – They met me in the day of success (Act 1, Scene 5) Audio Book

 

 William Shakespeare - Macbeth - They met me in the day of success [2:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

William Shakespeare – Henry V – Upon the King (Act 4, Scene 1) Audio Book

 

 Henry V - Upon the King (Act 4, Scene 1) [4:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download