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Tales From William Shakespeare (4 Books Set)
Tales From William Shakespeare (4 Books Set)
Author: William Shakespeare
The series Tales from Shakespeare include The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Macbeth.
The adapted retellings of William Shakespeare’s works combined with the beautiful illustrations bring a new life to the great writer’s masterpieces.
The fantastically amusing books are sure to entertain teenage readers’ imagination.
Macbeth:
Three witches predict that Lord Macbeth will become King of Scotland, and then lose the throne. The first prediction quickly comes true… but what fate awaits Lord and Lady Macbeth in this tale of ambition, power and deceit?
The Tempest:
A terrible storm leaves a shipwreck stranded on a deserted island… but it is all part of Propero’s cunning plan to take revenge on his brother! The Tempest is an enchanting tale of love and family feuds, all mixed with a good amount of magic.
Romeo and Juliet:
Romeo and Juliet were never meant to fall in love: their families are at war and they are forbidden to meet! Yet, the star-crossed lovers cannot bear to be apart and will do whatever it takes to be together…
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
When four lovesick young Athenians get lost in the forest, a magical night awaits. Packed with mix-ups, enchanted potions and mischievous hobgoblins, this humorous tale will hold you spellbound.
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 at age 49, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.
Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories and these works remain regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.
Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. In 1623, John Heminges and Henry Condell, two friends and fellow actors of Shakespeare, published the First Folio, a collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but two of the plays now recognized as Shakespeare's. It was prefaced with a poem by Ben Jonson, in which Shakespeare is hailed, presciently, as "not of an age, but for all time". In the 20th and 21st century, his work has been repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied, performed, and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world.
| Author(s) | William Shakespeare |
| Language(s) | Armenian |
| Publisher(s) | Zangak |
| Year | 2013 |
| Binding | hardcover |
| Size | 18 x 23 cm |
| ISBN | 9789939681337 |