Edith Nesbit re-tells the stories of William Shakespeare's plays, making them accessible to children, while evoking the drama and excitement of the originals.
Included are:
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream
2. The Tempest
3. As You Like It
4. A Midsummer Night's Dream
5. The Winter's Tale
6. King Lear
7. Twelfth Night
8. Night Much Ado About Nothing
9. Romeo and Juliet
10. Pericles
11. Hamlet
12. Cymbeline
13. Macbeth
14. The Comedy of Errors
15. The Merchant of Venice
16. Timon of Athens
17. Othello
18. The Merchant of Venice
19. The Taming of the Shrew
20. Measure for Measure
21. Two Gentleman of Verona
22. All's Well That Ends Well
Edith Nesbit and William Shakespeare
Edith Nesbit (1858 1924) was a British novelist, poet and magazine editor. Often called the Queen of Children's literature, Nesbit published over 50 books for children, establishing a new genre.
Generally, Nesbit's characters are real children in realistic environments, embarking on fantasy adventures with magical creatures, influencing the work of later writers like CS Lewis and JK Rowling.
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"My favorite story was Romeo and Juliet. I liked all the other stories too. I also like Midsummer Night's Dream because the fairy king put magic juice on the fairy queen and she fell in love with a clown with a donkey head.
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