A collection of prose retellings of ten familiar Shakespeare plays, each illustrated by a well-known artist or artists. What does it mean to be alive? William Shakespeare spent a lifetime writing about that most essential question. Four hundred years later, we are still awed, amused, and inspired by his answers. In Tales from Shakespeare, ten of the Bard₂s most popular and powerful works are retold as stories rich in Shakespearean wit and wisdom,...

A simplified prose retelling of Shakespeare's play about the strange events that take place in a forest inhabited by fairies who magically transform the romantic fate of two young couples.