Edith Nesbit re-tells the tales of William Shakespeare’s plays, making them accessible to children, while causing the dilemma and excitement from the originals.

Included are:

1. A Midsummer Night’s Desire

2. The Tempest

3. As You Like It

4. A Midsummer Night’s Fantasy

5. The Winter’s Story

6. King Lear

7. Twelfth Night

8. Night Very much Ado About Nothing at all

9. Romeo and Juliet

10. Pericles

11. Hamlet

12. Cymbeline

13. Macbeth

14. The Comedy of Mistakes

15. The Merchant of Venice

16. Timon of Athens

17. Othello

18. The Vendor of Venice

19. The Taming of the Shrew

20. Measure for Measure

21. Two Gentleman of Verona

22. All’s Well That Ends Well

AUTHORS

Edith Nesbit and William Shakespeare

Edith Nesbit (1858 – 1924) was a British novelist, poet and newspaper editor. Categorised as the “”Queen of Children’s books””, Nesbit released over 50 books for children, establishing a fresh genre.

Generally, Nesbit’s characters are true children in realistic environments, getting into fantasy adventures with magical creatures, influencing the work of later on writers like CS Lewis and JK Rowling.

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