Edith Nesbit

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare (Annotated) Edith Nesbit

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a 1907 collection published by E. Nesbit with the intention of entertaining young readers and recounting the works of William Shakespeare in a way that can be easily understood. She included a short biography of Shakespeare, a pronunciation guide to some of the toughest names, and a list of famous quotes, organized by topic.- 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 - Pronouncing vocabulary of names - Quotations from Shakespeare .--Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; August 15, 1858 - May 4, 1924) was an English author and poet; she published her children's books under the name E. Nesbit. He wrote or collaborated in more than 60 children's literature books. He was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organization that later joined the Labor Party.