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Stories from Shakespeare
Geraldine Mccaughrean
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Description for Stories from Shakespeare
Paperback. Ten of Shakespeare's greatest plays, retold for children by multi-award winning author Geraldine McCaughrean, and reissued to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHJ; 5AK; YFB; YQE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 156.
Ten of Shakespeare's greatest plays, retold for children by multi-award winning author Geraldine McCaughrean. From love, jealousy, greed and betrayal to mad kings, magic and murder, Geraldine McCaughrean retells some of Shakespeare's best-known stories, including Romeo and Juliet, Henry the Fifth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and The Tempest. With easy to follow prose punctuated with well-known quotations and featuring a cast list for each play, this accessible collection will delight and entertain readers of all ages.
Ten of Shakespeare's greatest plays, retold for children by multi-award winning author Geraldine McCaughrean. From love, jealousy, greed and betrayal to mad kings, magic and murder, Geraldine McCaughrean retells some of Shakespeare's best-known stories, including Romeo and Juliet, Henry the Fifth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and The Tempest. With easy to follow prose punctuated with well-known quotations and featuring a cast list for each play, this accessible collection will delight and entertain readers of all ages.
Product Details
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781510101456
SKU
V9781510101456
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Ref
99-50
About Geraldine Mccaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean's novels and retellings for children have won her the CARNEGIE MEDAL, GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION AWARD, WHITBREAD AWARD and THE BEEFEATER AWARD. A prolific author who writes for all ages, she lives in Berkshire with her family. Visit her website at www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk
Reviews for Stories from Shakespeare
The contents are not only a pleasing translation, as it were, but written with the hallmarks of a craftsman: skilful simplicity and a well trained eye for the telling phrase.
Theatre Magazine
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