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Title: Not for a beginner
Review: This book is not a good first text for a person trying to learn algebraic geometry. Prof. Harris gives very limited explanations and few clear examples. Try Shafarevich, Basic Algebraic Geometry vols I & II or Miles Reid, Undergraduate Algebraic Geometry. For both books, you would need commutative algebra, at least at the level of Miles Reid, Undergraduate Commutative Algebra.
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