The Best of Shakespeare
The Best of Shakespeare (The Iona and Peter Opie Library of Children's Literature) E. Nesbit
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195132130
Edition: Paperback; 1999-05-01
Summary:
At the heart of any great work of literature is a story. William
Shakespeare's plays are no exception. They tell the stories of kings
and queens, of ghosts and witches, of romance and passion. But to get
to the stories at the heart of the Bard's plays, the reader must
first work through Shakespeare's language, a task often too demanding
for younger readers (and for many adults). This new paperback edition
brings ten of Shakespeare's greatest plays to life. E. Nesbit, the
classic British children's author, shakes off the burdensome
complexity of Shakespeare's language and tells the stories at the
core of the plays with a generous sprinkle of wit and humor. Her
graceful, vivid retellings, written in highly accessible and lucid
prose, are the perfect introduction to Shakespeare's work. All of
these major works are included in this anthology: Romeo and Juliet,
Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, The
Tempest, As You Like It, The Winter's Tale, and Twelfth Night. The
text is illustrated with dramatic black-and-white photographs from
contemporary productions of the plays by the Royal Shakespeare
Company, the Stratford Festival (Ontario, Canada), and the Folger
Library's Shakespeare Theater. Also included is an afterword by Peter
Hunt, a leading scholar of children's literature. These retellings of
the classic tales of one of the world's greatest playwrights remind
us that it is never too early for Shakespeare.
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