Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit and William Shakespeare
"Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare" by E. Nesbit and William Shakespeare is a collection published in 1907 that retells Shakespeare's plays for young readers. Nesbit transforms twenty of Shakespeare's most famous works into accessible stories, sometimes opening with "Once upon a time." The collection includes tales from comedies, tragedies, and romances, supplemented with a Shakespeare biography, pronunciation guide, and famous quotations. Nesbit skillfully weaves original Shakespearean language into her retellings, creating what critics
praised as "pure entertainment" that captures each play's essence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924 |
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| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
| Title | Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Stories_from_Shakespeare |
| Contents | Preface -- A brief life of Shakespeare -- A midsummer night's dream -- The tempest -- As you like it -- The winter's tale -- King Lear -- Twelfth night -- Much ado about nothing -- Romeo and Juliet -- Pericles -- Hamlet -- Cymbeline -- Macbeth -- The comedy of errors -- The merchant of Venice -- Timon of Athens -- Othello -- The taming of the shrew -- Measure for measure -- Two gentlemen of Verona -- All's well that ends well -- Pronouncing vocabulary of names -- Quotations from Shakespeare. |
| Credits | Produced by Morrie Wilson, James Rose, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Children's literature |
| Subject | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stories, plots, etc. -- Juvenile literature |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1430 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 1998 |
| Most Recently Updated | May 5, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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