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The Children's Shakespeare - A Classic Retelling of the Major Plays

The Children's Shakespeare - A Classic Retelling of the Major Plays $14.99

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Edith Nesbit

Published by Academy Chicago Publisher

Edith Nesbit shares with us her very personal inspiration for The Children's Shakespeare. As a writer she understood that the stories are the least part of Shakespeare, but as a mother she also understood the need for simplicity

Her daughters were far too young to handle such complex language, yet certainly old enough to appreciating and enjoying the stories hidden within

Envisioning this simplified introduction to works such as The Winter's Tale, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Taming of the Shrew - eleven plays in all - she set out to make them more accessible to young readers without sacrificing any essential elements

Under E. Nesbit's gifted pen, these stories emerge with all the charm and grace of the very best fairy tales

Written in thoroughly modern English and each no more than ten pages in length, the eleven plays featured in this volume afford children the opportunity to discover for themselves the magic of Shakespeare

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