BEAUTIFUL STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE AND ROYAL CHILDREN OF ENGLISH HISTORY includes two works by noted English children's author E. Nesbit. In the first book, young readers will find 20 adaptations of Shakespeare's most famous plays rendered into an easy-to-read format. The second work includes several short biographies of famous English royal children.
BEAUTIFUL STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE
• Preface
• A Brief Life of Shakespeare
• 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
• Quotations from Shakespeare
ROYAL CHILDREN OF ENGLISH HISTORY
• Alfred the Great
• Prince Arthur
• Henry the Third
• The First Prince of Wales
• Edward the Black Prince
• Henry the Fifth and the Baby King
Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English writer who published under the name E. Nesbit. A prolific and successful writer of several genres, Nesbit is most remembered as one of the first modern authors of children's literature; she is credited with addressing real-world issues in her writings, helping to move children's literature beyond the realms of fantasy and folklore. In addition to several very successful children's works, Nesbit wrote horror stories and is well-known for her support for Socialism. She and her husband were among the founders of the Fabian Society in 1884.
BEAUTIFUL STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE
• Preface
• A Brief Life of Shakespeare
• 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
• Quotations from Shakespeare
ROYAL CHILDREN OF ENGLISH HISTORY
• Alfred the Great
• Prince Arthur
• Henry the Third
• The First Prince of Wales
• Edward the Black Prince
• Henry the Fifth and the Baby King
Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English writer who published under the name E. Nesbit. A prolific and successful writer of several genres, Nesbit is most remembered as one of the first modern authors of children's literature; she is credited with addressing real-world issues in her writings, helping to move children's literature beyond the realms of fantasy and folklore. In addition to several very successful children's works, Nesbit wrote horror stories and is well-known for her support for Socialism. She and her husband were among the founders of the Fabian Society in 1884.
