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Author Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924, author.

Title Beautiful stories from Shakespeare for children : and "when Shakespeare was a boy" / by E. Nesbit ; and the late Dr. F.J. Furnivall, M.A. ; illustrations by J.H. Bacon, A.R.A., Harold Copping, Arthur A. Dixon ; special illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Racehorse for Young Readers, 2018.

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Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 822.3 NESBIT    Check Shelf
Edition Racehorse for Young Readers edition.
Description 162 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Note "First published in 1918 by Raphael Tuck & Sons"--Title page verso.
Contents When Shakespeare was a boy / F.J. Furnivall -- How the stories were written -- The tempest -- Romeo and Juliet -- A midsummer night's dream -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark -- As you like it -- King Lear -- The taming of the shrew -- Cymbeline -- Twelfth night; or, What you will -- The winter's tale -- Pericles, Prince of Tyre -- The comedy of errors -- Macbeth -- Othello -- The merchant of Venice.
Summary Short prose adaptations for children of a selection of Shakespeare's plays.
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations -- Juvenile fiction.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. (OCoLC)fst00029048
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01423910
Adaptations.
Fiction.
Added Author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Bacon, J. H. (John Henry), illustrator.
Copping, Harold, 1863-1932, illustrator.
Dixon, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1872-1959, illustrator.
Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, illustrator.
Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910, author.
Added Title When Shakespeare was a boy
ISBN 9781631583995 (special edition)
1631583999 (special edition)
9781631582745 (hardback)
1631582747 (hardback)
9781631582783 (ebook)
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