Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare Synopsis

During her career popular children's writer Edith Nesbit collaborated on over sixty books of fiction for children. In "e;Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare"e; she turns her attention to a series of interpretations of William Shakespeare's works. These retellings of Shakespeare's plays are written in a way that can be easily understood by and entertaining to young readers.

"e;Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare"e; includes a short biography of Shakespeare, a pronunciation guide, a list of famous quotations, and retellings of the following plays:

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• A Midsummer Night's Dream,"e
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• The Tempest,"e
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• As You Like It,"e
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• The Winter's Tale,"e
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• King Lear,"e
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• Twelfth Night,"e
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• Much Ado About Nothing,"e
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• Romeo and Juliet,"e
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• Pericles,"e
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• Hamlet,"e
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• Cymbeline,"e
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• Macbeth,"e
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• The Comedy of Errors,"e
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• The Merchant of Venice,"e
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• Timon of Athens,"e
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• Othello,"e
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• The Taming of the Shrew,"e
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• Measure for Measure,"e
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• Two Gentlemen of Verona,"e
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• All's Well That Ends Well."e