Independent read interesting idea

My book for the independent read is "Shakespeare" by Bill Bryson. It's all about William Shakespeare, what we know about him, what we don't know, and what we want to know. As I read through the first few chapters, one idea jumped out at me. Bryson pointed out that although it is commonly believed that we hardly know anything about Shakespeare's life, we actually know more about him than other historical figures from this time period due to the sheer number of his works we were able to get ahold of. It was here that Bryson made the interesting point that the reason we feel we know nothing about Shakespeare is because we want to know more about him, not because we actually don't know anything about him. It was also interesting to learn that in terms of the time period, and compared to others who lived during that time, we have actually been able to learn a lot about Shakespeare.