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OverviewThis is the latest addition to this series. It is fully annotated, with the notes facing the text. The book contains a wide range of questions for students, as well as the background to Shakespeare's England. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill, OBEPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: New edition Weight: 0.335kg ISBN: 9780198319658ISBN 10: 0198319657 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 01 October 2002 Recommended Age: 14-16 Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Secondary Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsOne of Shakespeare's more problematic romances gets a picture-book treatment in Coville's new rendition. Jealous King Leontes suspects without reason that his wife and best friend are having an affair. Despite the protests of his most trusted advisors, he sentences his wife to death and demands that her newborn babe be cast into the wilderness. There the child is discovered by a kindly shepherd and raised as a peasant until the day a wayfaring prince falls in love with her. In true Shakespearean fashion, all works out well in the end with true identities discovered, families reunited and multiple weddings to boot. For a tale of suspected infidelity and death, author and artist do as much as they can for what boils down to a fairly adult story. Some judicious editing of the text would not have been out of place - the character of Autolycus weighs down an otherwise succinct narrative. Yet the cleverly selected direct quotes and theatrical watercolor and gouache images make this a more than adequate companion to the original play. (Picture book/play. 7-10) (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |