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William Shakespeare is arguably the most pivotal and widely read figure in the history of English literature. This comprehensive collection highlights some of the bard’s best works, adapted to be more easily read and digestible for children. Featured within are some of the bard’s most famous and compelling works, including: The Comedy of ErrorsHamletMacbethThe Merchant of VeniceOthelloRomeo and JulietThe TempestAnd many more! Paired alongside gorgeous classic illustrations by notable Golden Age illustrator Arthur Rackham, Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children makes a magnificent gift and great addition to any young reader’s budding library.

William Shakespeare is arguably the most pivotal and widely read figure in the history of English literature. This comprehensive collection highlights some of the bard’s best works, adapted to be more easily read and digestible for children. Featured within are some of the bard’s most famous and compelling works, including: The Comedy of ErrorsHamletMacbethThe Merchant of VeniceOthelloRomeo and JulietThe TempestAnd many more! Paired alongside gorgeous classic illustrations by notable Golden Age illustrator Arthur Rackham, Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children makes a magnificent gift and great addition to any young reader’s budding library.

William Shakespeare is arguably the most pivotal and widely read figure in the history of English literature. This comprehensive collection highlights some of the bard’s best works, adapted to be more easily read and digestible for children. Featured within are some of the bard’s most famous and compelling works, including: The Comedy of ErrorsHamletMacbethThe Merchant of VeniceOthelloRomeo and JulietThe TempestAnd many more! Paired alongside gorgeous classic illustrations by notable Golden Age illustrator Arthur Rackham, Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children makes a magnificent gift and great addition to any young reader’s budding library.

William Shakespeare is arguably the most pivotal and widely read figure in the history of English literature. This comprehensive collection highlights some of the bard’s best works, adapted to be more easily read and digestible for children. Featured within are some of the bard’s most famous and compelling works, including: The Comedy of ErrorsHamletMacbethThe Merchant of VeniceOthelloRomeo and JulietThe TempestAnd many more! Paired alongside gorgeous classic illustrations by notable Golden Age illustrator Arthur Rackham, Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children makes a magnificent gift and great addition to any young reader’s budding library.

How is this book unique?Font adjustments & biography includedUnabridged (100% Original content)IllustratedAbout Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit & William Shakespeare"Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare includes the writings of Shakespeare who have been justly termed ""the richest, the purest, the fairest, that genius uninspired ever penned."" Shakespeare instructed by delighting. His plays alone (leaving mere science out of the question), contain more actual wisdom than the whole body of English learning. He is the teacher of all good-- pity, generosity, true courage, love. His bright wit is cut out ""into little stars."" His solid masses of knowledge are meted out in morsels and proverbs, and thus distributed, there is scarcely a corner of the English-speaking world to-day which he does not illuminate, or a cottage which he does not enrich. His bounty is like the sea, which, though often unacknowledged, is everywhere felt. As his friend, Ben Jonson, wrote of him, ""He was not of an age but for all time."" In this book Edith Nesbit has retold twenty of the best-loved and most beautiful stories from Shakespeare. The following plays are retold:A Midsummer Night’s DreamThe TempestAs You Like ItThe Winter’s TaleKing LearTwelfth NightMuch Ado About NothingRomeo and JulietPericlesHamletCymbelineMacbethThe Comedy of ErrorsThe Merchant of VeniceTimon of AthensOthelloThe Taming of the ShrewMeasure For MeasureTwo Gentlemen of VeronaAll’s Well That Ends Well"

How is this book unique?Font adjustments & biography includedUnabridged (100% Original content)IllustratedAbout Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit & William ShakespeareBeautiful Stories from Shakespeare includes the writings of Shakespeare who have been justly termed "the richest, the purest, the fairest, that genius uninspired ever penned." Shakespeare instructed by delighting. His plays alone (leaving mere science out of the question), contain more actual wisdom than the whole body of English learning. He is the teacher of all good-- pity, generosity, true courage, love. His bright wit is cut out "into little stars." His solid masses of knowledge are meted out in morsels and proverbs, and thus distributed, there is scarcely a corner of the English-speaking world to-day which he does not illuminate, or a cottage which he does not enrich. His bounty is like the sea, which, though often unacknowledged, is everywhere felt. As his friend, Ben Jonson, wrote of him, "He was not of an age but for all time." In this book Edith Nesbit has retold twenty of the best-loved and most beautiful stories from Shakespeare. The following plays are retold:A Midsummer Night’s DreamThe TempestAs You Like ItThe Winter’s TaleKing LearTwelfth NightMuch Ado About NothingRomeo and JulietPericlesHamletCymbelineMacbethThe Comedy of ErrorsThe Merchant of VeniceTimon of AthensOthelloThe Taming of the ShrewMeasure For MeasureTwo Gentlemen of VeronaAll’s Well That Ends Well

How is this book unique?Font adjustments & biography includedUnabridged (100% Original content)IllustratedAbout Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit & William ShakespeareBeautiful Stories from Shakespeare includes the writings of Shakespeare who have been justly termed "the richest, the purest, the fairest, that genius uninspired ever penned." Shakespeare instructed by delighting. His plays alone (leaving mere science out of the question), contain more actual wisdom than the whole body of English learning. He is the teacher of all good-- pity, generosity, true courage, love. His bright wit is cut out "into little stars." His solid masses of knowledge are meted out in morsels and proverbs, and thus distributed, there is scarcely a corner of the English-speaking world to-day which he does not illuminate, or a cottage which he does not enrich. His bounty is like the sea, which, though often unacknowledged, is everywhere felt. As his friend, Ben Jonson, wrote of him, "He was not of an age but for all time." In this book Edith Nesbit has retold twenty of the best-loved and most beautiful stories from Shakespeare. The following plays are retold:A Midsummer Night’s DreamThe TempestAs You Like ItThe Winter’s TaleKing LearTwelfth NightMuch Ado About NothingRomeo and JulietPericlesHamletCymbelineMacbethThe Comedy of ErrorsThe Merchant of VeniceTimon of AthensOthelloThe Taming of the ShrewMeasure For MeasureTwo Gentlemen of VeronaAll’s Well That Ends Well

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare. BeautifulStoriesFromShakespeare.jpgFirst US edition.Author Edith NesbitCountry United KingdomLanguage EnglishGenre Children's novelPublisher T. Fisher Unwin (UK)D.E. Cunningham & Co. (US)Publication date1907Media type Print (hardback & paperback)Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a collection published by [E. Nesbit] with the intention of entertaining young readers and telling William Shakespeare's plays in a way they could be easily understood. She included a brief Shakespeare biography, a pronunciation guide to some of the more difficult names and a list of famous quotations, arranged by subject.

"Prospero, the Duke of Milan, was a learned and studious man, who lived among his books, leaving the management of his dukedom to his brother Antonio, in whom indeed he had complete trust. But that trust was ill-rewarded, for Antonio wanted to wear the duke's crown himself, and, to gain his ends, would have killed his brother but for the love the people bore him. However, with the help of Prospero's great enemy, Alonso, King of Naples, he managed to get into his hands the dukedom with all its honor, power, and riches. For they took Prospero to sea, and when they were far away from land, forced him into a little boat with no tackle, mast, or sail. In their cruelty and hatred they put his little daughter, Miranda (not yet three years old), into the boat with him, and sailed away, leaving them to their fate." -- From "The Tempest"

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit & William Shakespeare Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare includes the writings of Shakespeare who have been justly termed "the richest, the purest, the fairest, that genius uninspired ever penned." Shakespeare instructed by delighting. His plays alone (leaving mere science out of the question), contain more actual wisdom than the whole body of English learning. He is the teacher of all good-- pity, generosity, true courage, love. His bright wit is cut out "into little stars." His solid masses of knowledge are meted out in morsels and proverbs, and thus distributed, there is scarcely a corner of the English-speaking world to-day which he does not illuminate, or a cottage which he does not enrich. His bounty is like the sea, which, though often unacknowledged, is everywhere felt. As his friend, Ben Jonson, wrote of him, "He was not of an age but for all time." In this book Edith Nesbit has retold twenty of the best-loved and most beautiful stories from Shakespeare. The following plays are retold: 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