A Midsummer's Night Dream & Other Classic Tales of the Plays: Six Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare by Jenny Thorne

Format: Paperback

Condition: New with minor bookshelf wear

Genre: Literature

Loved and respected the world over, William Shakespeare's plays can nonetheless be a challenge for readers unaccustomed to his rich language, intricate plots, and sizeable casts of characters. Retelling some of the plays to make them more easily grasped by readers of all ages, Nicola Baxter offers an inspiring introduction here to the comedies A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night, the tragedies Hamlet and Macbeth, and the contrasting love stories of Romeo and Juliet and Antony and Cleopatra. Emphasizing the vivid, almost fairy tale atmosphere of these stories, Jenny Thorne illustrates them in colorful, lustrous paintings.