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Children's Shakespeare

Retells the stories of eleven of Shakespeare's plays.

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  • "Children's Shakespeare"@en

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  • "Adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, written especially for children."
  • "Retells the stories of eleven of Shakespeare's plays."@en
  • "Retells the stories of eleven of Shakespeare's plays."
  • "Adaptations for children of some of the plays."@en
  • "As a writer, E. Nesbit understood that the stories are the least part of Shakespeare, but as a mother she also understood the need for simplicity. 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 -- E. Nesbit set out to make them more accessible to young readers without sacrificing any essential elements. For if the stories were stripped of their wit and humor, of their emotion, the children would be no more entertained by them than by the indecipherable originals. In the."@en

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  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Cloth quarter bindings"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Short stories"@en
  • "Short stories"
  • "Children's stories"@en
  • "Children's stories"
  • "Bookplates"@en
  • "Illustrated paper (fiber product) boards (binding components)"@en
  • "Glazed papers"@en
  • "Publishers' advertisements"@en
  • "Children's books"@en
  • "Fantasy literature"@en
  • "Fantasy literature"
  • "Relief halftones prints"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Stained edges gathered matter components"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Endpapers"@en
  • "Adaptations"@en
  • "Adaptations"
  • "Miniature books (Printing)"
  • "Stories, plots, etc"@en
  • "Stories, plots, etc"
  • "Colour (perceived attribute) line blocks"@en
  • "Line blocks"@en
  • "Colour (perceived attribute) frontispieces (illustrations)"@en

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  • "Children's Shakespeare"@en
  • "The Children's Shakespeare ... Illustrated ... Edited by Edric Vredenburg"@en
  • "The children's Shakspere"@en
  • "The children's Shakspeare"@en
  • "The children's Shakespeare"@en
  • "The children's Shakespeare"
  • "The Child's Shakespeare [pbk]"@en

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