My friends, you are making a tempest in a teapot. I am much younger than all of you here but if you trust me, let me be the judge.
1. I think James, you got up on the wrong side of your bed these mornings. Those who like the works of Shakespeare should be urbane, genteel and patient, but I have to say honestly that you are not. Cockaigne had raised his point of view that Shakespeare did not write any novels. What you have to do is to prove your point by giving evidence. That is a simple rule we have to follow both in argumentation and in court. However, you did not. Instead, you insulted him. What personality do you have?
2. Your heading "Anybody likes the novel of Shakespeare?" is a mistake. As Amazon pointed out that Shakespeare is famous for his plays and sonnets, it is not meaningful to discuss his novels even if he had written some. Therefore "Anybody likes the works of Shakespeare?" is a perfect heading. Don't you agree?
3. In English, there is a proverb (or idiom) "It's Greek to me". Greek is one of the most difficult languages to learn. So one can use this proverb to express something beyond someone's understanding. Amazon had her right. In the play Julius Caesar, there is a sentence "For mine own part, it was Greek to me." You should know it James if you love the works of Shakespeare. If not, check it out.
4. Give you another example: "In Dutch". "I am in Dutch" does not mean that I speak in Dutch or I am in Holland. "In Dutch" means in trouble. Have you ever heard "Go Dutch" before?
5. Your heading is to ask whether anyone likes the novel of Shakespeare. But what a pity that you did not name any novels of his in your essay, instead, you mentioned his tragic work "Hamlet" which the readers, who are not familiar with the works of Shakespeare, might have mistaken as a novel. I suggest you improve your writing skill.
6. Not all native speakers of English are familiar with the works of Shakespeare, a Negro specializes in this field may do well. Please think logically.
7. Conclusion: You are hard to get along with, fastidious, narrow-minded, like making storms over teacups...lastly a "bird-brain".