{"date":"May 20","id":"05-20","intro":["The most concentrated beauty of Shakespeare’s unbounded creative genius is found in his sonnets. Written as personal messages to friends and not intended for publication, they reveal the inner Shakespeare more truly than do any of his great plays."],"minutes":10,"readings":[{"author":"William Shakespeare","end":276,"start":270,"volume":40,"work":"Sonnets"}],"slug":"may-20","status":"proofread","title":"Shakespeare’s Finest Work","url":"/harvard-classics/may-20/","words":1924}