Othello

by Julius Lester

Book Overview

Iago has become fiercely jealous of Othello's success as a respected general in the King's army, and lies to make him doubt his wife's faithfulness. Will Othello discover the truth, or lose everything... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590419668
• ISBN13: 9780590419666
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.2" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Modern Othello

When I first found out that the book Othello was originally a Shakespeare play, I immediately thought 'I don't want to read some Elizabethan garbage...' but after enduring the first few boring chapters I came to notice that the book was actually a modern of version of Othello, with also an extremely interesting plot. Some of the original lines from Shakespeare appeared in the book, and instead of loathing the complex language I came to appreciate the intricacy that Shakespeare had put into the words. Altogether, I thought Othello was a great entertaing read.

Interesting & Intriguing

At first, when I saw this book I was upset someone would try to remake a great Shakespeare play in another written form. However, Lester thoroughly explains himself and his reasons for wanting to make this play a novel. 'Othello: a novel' explores a different face of the play that has been hidden. It adds new characters, removes others, and places them in England instead of Italy but the plot and all of the deceitfulness it entails remains intact. Shakespeare had a way of using common themes that live today but still eluded boredom and cliche. And Lester continues this tradition in his novel with his beautiful and unique use of simile and metaphor. It's a great book to read that should not be overlooked!

Julius Lester's version is Wonderful!

I haven't read Shakespeare's version of Othello... yet. Hey, I'm only 13, I don't get the "thees" and "thous"! 'Othello, the Novel', is the NIV of Shakespeare. This story brought me to tears at the end. Any book that can make me cry, I'm sure, is book worth your reading. Geez, what was Iago's problem?

pretty good book

the book Othello was alright i think that it would of been better if it spoke the way that we speak in present day. It is a book that deals with alot of controversy in tragedy and romance it also deals with betrayel. Iago Othellos best friend betrays him during the whole book. towards the end of the abook it gets better though.