William Shakespeare
1) Hamlet
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"With his father murdered and the murderer crowned king, Prince Hamlet struggles to deliver justice on his own terms even as the rest of the world writes him off as a madman." --
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English
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The play picks up where Henry IV, Part One left off. Its focus is on Prince Hal's journey toward kingship, and his ultimate rejection of Falstaff. However, unlike Part One, Hal's and Falstaff's stories are almost entirely separate, as the two characters meet only twice and very briefly. The tone of much of the play is elegiac, focusing on Falstaff's age and his closeness to death, which parallels that of the increasingly sick king.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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A young woman's elopement with a dark-skinned foreigner. An evil manipulator, dead set on bloody revenge. A noble warrior, fatally consumed by jealousy. Shakespeare's play about the Moor who loved not wisely but too well, comes to life in this intensely thrilling and beautifully illustrated retelling.
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English
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"The Sonnets and Narrative Poems" collects together all the non-dramatic poetry of William Shakespeare. While Shakespeare is known best for his plays he also wrote numerous love sonnets and a handful of narrative poems which are excellent literary works in their own right. The narrative poems include two erotically themed works, "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece" as well as the romantic narratives of "A Lover's Complaint" and "The Phoenix...
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English
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Memorable historical drama concerns rebellion against King Henry led by Harry Percy ("Hotspur") and other nobles, complicated by the king's difficulties with his wayward son, Prince Hal. Superb blend of courtly intrigue, battlefield action, and low comedy featuring Sir John Falstaff, all expressed in fine blank verse and stirring prose.
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English
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30-Minute Shakespeare plays three action-packed scenes from this tale of King Navarre and his three lords, who have vowed to retire from women for three years. Naturally, the Princess of France and her three ladies arrive, and comedic courtship ensues. The cutting includes the ridiculous dance of the lords disguised as Russians, the hysterical "Pageant of the Nine Worthies," and a dramatic, bittersweet ending that leaves the King and the three lords...
Author
Publisher
Ginn and Company
Pub. Date
c1909
Physical Desc
209 p. 17 cm.
Language
English
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The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, often shortened to Othello, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulated by his ensign, Iago, into suspecting his wife Desdemona of infidelity.
Author
Publisher
Ginn and Company
Pub. Date
1902
Physical Desc
xlvii, 128 p. ; 17 cm.
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English
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The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers. Another follows a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play which they are to perform before the wedding. Both groups find themselves in a forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and are engaged in their own domestic intrigue.
12) As you like it
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Series
Publisher
Ginn and Company
Pub. Date
c1934.
Physical Desc
xliii, 153 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
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As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court, accompanied by her cousin Celia to find safety and, eventually, love, in the Forest of Arden. In the forest, they encounter a variety of memorable characters, notably the melancholy traveller Jaques, who speaks one of Shakespeare's most famous speeches ("All the world's a stage") and provides a sharp contrast to the other characters in the play, always observing...
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Publisher
Ginn and Company
Pub. Date
c1908
Physical Desc
205 p. 17 cm.
Language
English
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The play is set in England during the early 15th century and follows the reign of King Henry IV. The play begins with the battle at Homildon Hill in 1402 and ends with the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403.
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Series
Daughter of Montague volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Once upon a time a young couple met and fell in love. You probably know that story, and how it ended (hint: badly). Only here's the thing: That's not how it ended at all. Romeo and Juliet are alive and well and the parents of seven kids. I'm the oldest, with the emphasis on 'old'--a certified spinster at twenty, and happy to stay that way. It's not easy to keep your taste for romance with parents like mine. Picture it--constant monologues, passionate...
17) Romeo y Julieta
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Series
Language
Español
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To commemorate 400 years after the death of Shakespeare, we publish this illustrated version of the classic "Romeo and Juliet," a novel published in 1597 for the first time, and that has been enshrined with the past of time. The strength of the feelings represented in it has made it in one of the most advertised novels of this English author, which is still recreated in music, dance, theatre, and literature; however, there are few illustrated editions...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Presents Shakespeare's tragedy in which a Danish prince seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being visited by his ghost; and includes explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to memorable lines, and other reference tools.
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Series
Fool novels volume 3
Language
English
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"Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snogging--last seen in The Serpent of Venice--washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where he hopes to dazzle the Duke with his comedic brilliance and become his trusted fool. But the island is in turmoil. Egeus, the Duke's minister, is furious that his daughter Hermia is determined to marry Demetrius, instead of Lysander, the man he has chosen for her. The Duke decrees that if, by the time of...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
128 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
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"She's a Capulet. He's a Montague. But when Romeo and Juliet first meet, they don't know they're from rival families--and when they find out, they don't care. Their love is honest and raw and allconsuming. But it's also dangerous. How much will they have to sacrifice before they can be together? In a masterful adaptation faithful to Shakespeare's original text, Gareth Hinds transports readers to the sun-washed streets and market squares of Shakespeare's...