Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare [Paperback] E. Nesbit and Ruskin Bond

Over 400 years ago William Shakespeare wrote many memorable and beautiful plays and sonnets. These works have inspired generations of readers and writers and continue to be read and performed even today. They have been recreated quite often but rarely for children. Keeping this in mind in 1907 beloved childrens author E. Nesbit rewrote twenty of Shakespeares most popular plays in simple lively prosefrom the comedies like Much Ado About Nothing The Taming of the Shrew and the ever-popular Midsummer Nights Dream to the tragedies of Macbeth Othello Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. Nesbits vivid retellings of these plays and her selection of Shakespeares famous quotesalong with an introduction by Ruskin Bondare a perfect stepping stone for young readers into these great works of world literature.