![]() ![]() She tells the stories with clarity and gusto. Iona Opie in her introduction to the 1997 edition praised Nesbit's work by saying that she "has rehabilitated the plays as pure entertainment. The tales are sometimes prefaced with the opening " Once upon a time". Nesbit's collection presents a reworked version of the tales, rewritten to suit what Nesbit considered to be child's mentality and interpretative skills. Published in 1907, the book has received a number of editions over the later years. ![]() The book is an expanded version of Nesbit's earlier book, The Children's Shakespeare (1897), a collection of twelve tales likewise based on plays by William Shakespeare. ![]() ![]() Some editions are entitled Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children. She also included a brief Shakespeare biography, a pronunciation guide to some of the more difficult names and a list of famous quotations, arranged by subject. Nesbit with the intention of entertaining young readers and retelling William Shakespeare's plays in a way they could be easily understood by younger readers. Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a 1907 collection published by E. ![]()
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