Shakespeare Stories II - Hardcover

Leon Garfield

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0575050497 ISBN 13: 9780575050495

Publisher: Victor Gollancz, 1994

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In this magnificent new volume of stories, another nine of Shakespeare's plays are presented with the skillfully coveyed plots, characters, settings, and moods of the original works. The dramas are refashioned as stories for today's readers, while the language and spirit of the original plays are maintained. Shakespeare Stores II contains such classic works as Much Ado About Nothing, As You like It, Julius Caesar, The Comedy of Errors, and Antony and Cleopatra.

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About the Author:

Leon Garfield, the distinguished author of more than thirty books for children and adults, has won numerous literary awards and honors, including the Carnegie Medal. Before his death in 1996, he lived in London with his wife, author Vivien Alcock, and their daughter.

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Grade 6 Up?A worthy sequel to Shakespeare Stories (Houghton, 1991). The first volume covered 12 plays, primarily the more familiar. This one has only nine, and several are unusual fare for young readers. They have mature and often jaded perspectives, which, if not incomprehensible to adolescents, we can hope might seem a bit remote. But Antony and Cleopatra is an interesting follow-up to Julius Caesar; Measure for Measure offers complex fare for morality discussions; and the peculiar magical aspects of Winter's Tale offer an interesting contrast to The Tempest. Reading such enriched retellings of plays students might miss in high school will enhance those they do study. For the guaranteed curriculum basics, such as Julius Caesar, here is an alternative to yellow study guides, one in which explication is subliminally available in the graceful prose. The romances are appealing, and Garfield's seamless movement between his own descriptive language and Shakespeare's has never worked better. Foreman's vibrant watercolors, particularly the mesmerizing Cleopatra cover girl and an anguished Julius Caesar at the Capitol, and the many small ink-wash illustrations bring strong visual appeal to a pending classic?one that adults should not assume is just for kids.?Sally Margolis, Deerfield Public Library,
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