Usborne Stories from Shakespeare.Usborne Stories From Shakespeare Anna Claybourne & Elena Temporin Usborne/EDC Publishing PO Box 470663, Tulsa, OK 74146-6515 www.edcpub.com 0794509126 $24.95, 1-800-475-4522 Usborne Stories From Shakespeare pre-sents classic stories from Shakespeare's famous plays retold re·told v. Past tense and past participle of retell. by Anna Claybourne in straightforward prose for young adult readers, illustrated by Elena Temporin with simple and charming color artwork. Though the prose simplifies Shakespeare's complex iambic pentameter iambic pentameter: see pentameter. verses, it does not change the spirit of the stories or soften the calamity in Shakespeare's famous tragedies. The stories retold are "Twelfth Night", "Macbeth", "Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers die as teenagers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet] See : Death, Premature Romeo and Juliet archetypal star-crossed lovers. [Br. Lit. ", "The Taming of the Shrew shrew, common name for the small, insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae, related to the moles. Shrews include the smallest mammals; the smallest shrews are under 2 in. (5.1 cm) long, excluding the tail, and the largest are about 6 in. (15 cm) long. ", "The Tempest", "A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written sometime in the 1590s. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and ", "Hamlet", "The Merchant of Venice", "As You Like It", and "The Winter's Tale". A final section offers one-page summaries of Shakespeare's other plays. Usborne Stories From Shakespeare is an excellent introduction to classic literature, especially for young readers who are not yet familiar enough with the linguistic style of Shakespeare to fully understand his classics in their original theatrical format. |
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