Resource Summary
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Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children by Evelyn Nesbit (Editor) Shakespeare's plays reproduced in story form with all their might and majesty so children can understand and enjoy them. Also includes a brief life of Shakespeare, a pronunciation guide, and a collection of quotations. |
Details
- Resource Type: Book
- ISBN: 0-7651-9490-2
- Print Status: In Print
- Tales: 20
- Pages: 317
- Suggested Grade Level: 1st - 12th
- Subjects: Shakespeare
- Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
- Copyright: 1907
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Reviewed by Parent/Teacher
People often ask me what the difference is between this book by Nesbit and the similar one by Lamb. Here's my opinion: Both are great; but Nesbit is a bit easier read for younger children. For example, here is the opening from A Midsummer Night's Dream in each:
Nesbit -- "Hermia and Lysander were lovers; but Hermia's father wished her to marry another man, named Demetrius. Now, in Athens, where they lived, there was a wicked law, by which any girl who refused to marry according to her father's wishes, might be put to death."
Lamb -- "There was a law in the city of Athens, which gave to its citizens the power of compelling their daughters to marry whomsoever they pleased: for upon a daughter's refusing to marry the man her father had chosen to be her husband, the father was empowered by this law to cause her to be put to death."
Tale Details
- 1 — A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 2 — The Tempest
- 3 — As You Like It
- 4 — The Winter's Tale
- 5 — King Lear
- 6 — Twelfth Night
- 7 — Much Ado About Nothing
- 8 — Romeo and Juliet
- 9 — Pericles
- 10 — Hamlet
- 11 — Cymbeline
- 12 — Macbeth
- 13 — The Comedy of Errors
- 14 — The Merchant of Venice
- 15 — Timon of Athens
- 16 — Othello
- 17 — The Taming of the Shrew
- 18 — Measure for Measure
- 19 — Two Gentlemen of Verona
- 20 — All's Well That Ends Well