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During her prolific career, popular English children’s writer Edith Nesbit wrote or collaborated on over sixty books of fiction for children in her illustrious literary career. In “Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare” first published as “The Children's Shakespeare” in 1897, she turns her attention to a series of interpretations of several of William Shakespeare’s best-known comedies and dramas. These retellings of many of Shakespeare’s plays are written in a way that can be easily understood by and entertaining to young readers. Rather than being unintelligible and strange to young, modern audiences, Nesbit uses her prodigious storytelling skills to make these iconic stories relatable and interesting. “Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare” includes a short biography of Shakespeare, a list of famous quotations, and the retellings of these famous plays. Included are such classics as “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “The Tempest”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Hamlet”, “Macbeth”, “The Merchant of Venice”, and many more. This accessible and engaging introduction to some of the world’s greatest literature is an important addition to any young reader’s growing book collection. This edition includes a biographical afterword.

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During her career popular children's writer Edith Nesbit collaborated on over sixty books of fiction for children. In «Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare» she turns her attention to a series of interpretations of William Shakespeare's works. These retellings of Shakespeare's plays are written in a way that can be easily understood by and entertaining to young readers. «Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare» includes a short biography of Shakespeare, a pronunciation guide, a list of famous quotations, and retellings of the following plays: «A Midsummer Night's Dream,» «The Tempest,» «As You Like It,» «The Winter's Tale,» «King Lear,» «Twelfth Night,» «Much Ado About Nothing,» «Romeo and Juliet,» «Pericles,» «Hamlet,» «Cymbeline,» «Macbeth,» «The Comedy of Errors,» «The Merchant of Venice,» «Timon of Athens,» «Othello,» «The Taming of the Shrew,» «Measure for Measure,» «Two Gentlemen of Verona,» and «All's Well That Ends Well.»

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"The Railway Children" are Roberta, Peter and Phyllis, three young children who move to a house near a railway when their father is wrongly accused and falsely imprisoned for selling government secrets to the Russians. The children pass the time by watching the railcars go by and waving to the passengers riding the train. Eventually they meet Perks, the station porter and an old gentleman that may be able to help get their father out of prison.

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"Five Children and It" magically illustrates the wisdom of the saying «be careful what you wish for.» Edith Nesbit's classic children's fairy tale is the story of five children who while spending a summer at the house in the country discover Psammead, a sand fairy. Psammead, a strange looking creature, has the power to make wishes come true and promises to grant the children one magical wish per day. However, as the kids soon discover, the wishes don't turn out exactly as the kids envision. Each wish leads to unexpected mishaps and adventures in this classic tale of fantasy and adventure.

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While playing in a gravel pit near their new home, five children come across a Psammead, or sand fairy. The sand fairy is compelled to grant the children one wish per day, and since the children ask for such fantastic wishes, they do not turn to stone at sundown as wishes of the past did. Through these wishes, the children have many magical adventures. In this book, the children, Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb begin their trilogy of adventures.

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This volume is a treasure-trove of rare 19th-century macabre stories for lovers of classic fantasy and horror. From ghosts of mind and spirit to paranormal experiences, from exotic Arabian Nights adventures to Deals with the Devil, each story in this volume is sure to delight the discerning reader of classic fantasy and horror. Included are: <P> THE GRAY LADY, by Mary E. Lee<BR> THE EBONY FRAME, by Edith Nesbit<BR> THE DOOM, by Benedict<BR> THE CURSE OF THE CATAFALQUES, by F. Anstey<BR> THE STRIDING PLACE, by Gertrude Atherton<BR> SISTER SERAPHINE, by Edna W. Underwood<BR> EXTRAORDINARY INDIAN FEATS OF LEGERDEMAIN, by David Dawson Mitchell<BR> LAZARUS, by Leonid Andreyev<BR> THE TRANSFIGURED, by Heinrich Zschokke <BR> THE UNCANNY BAIRN, by Mrs. Alfred (Louisa) Baldwin<BR> UNCLE ABRAHAM’S ROMANCE, by Edith Nesbit<BR> MAN-SIZE IN MARBLE, by Edith Nesbit<BR> THE SECRET OF THE STRADIVARIUS, by Hugh Conway<BR> MR. LINDSAY’S MANUSCRIPT, by T. H. E.<BR> ROSAURA AND HER RELATIONS, by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué<BR> THE ENCHANTED GIFTS, by Mrs. Jane L. Swift<BR> THE GALLOWS MAN, by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué<BR> THE ROCK OF HANS HEILING, by Theodor Koerner<BR> THE VISION OF AGIB, by Anonymous<BR> WINDERHANS AND THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK, by Anonymous <P> And don't forget to search this ebook store for «Wildside Megapack» (or just Megapack if Wildside Megapack doesn't work) to see all the entries in the Megapack series – including volumes of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westerns, and much, much more!

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Pamiętacie młodych Bastablów, szóstkę sympatycznych psotników, którzy w Poszukiwaczach skarbu próbowali ratować sytuację finansową rodziny? Udało im się już znaleźć skarb, ale to wcale nie znaczy, że ich przygody dobiegły końca.Świat czeka na odkrycie, ekscentryczne osoby na poznanie, a tajemnicze domy na odwiedzenie. W końcu nasi bohaterowie mogą jeszcze zostać wróżbitami, naukowcami lub szlachetnymi przemytnikami. Ich wyobraźnia i ciekawość świata nie pozwolą Wam się nudzić.Przedstawiamy kolejną część perypetii Dory, Oswalda, Dicka, Ali, Noela i Horacego Oktawiusza Bastablów – pomysłowego rodzeństwa, znanego czytelnikom z Poszukiwaczy skarbu.Edith Nesbit, autorka tej pełnej ciepła książki, w Polsce znana jest najbardziej z cyklu o Piaskoludku (Pięcioro dzieci i coś, Feniks i dywan, Historia amuletu).

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Co można poradzić, gdy sytuacja finansowa rodziny nie przedstawia się najlepiej i nic nie wskazuje na to, żeby miała się poprawić? Rodzeństwo Bastablów wymyśliło rozwiązanie: trzeba znaleźć skarb.Każde z szóstki sympatycznych psotników ma inny pomysł, jak to zrobić, a ich metody są dalekie od standardowych. Dorze, Oswaldowi, Dickowi, Ali, Noelowi i Horacemu Oktawiuszowi (w skrócie H. O.) może brakować wielu rzeczy, ale z pewnością nie wyobraźni, pomysłowości i humoru.Powieść Poszukiwacze skarbu po raz pierwszy ukazała się w 1899 roku i mimo upływu ponad stu lat nie straciła w niczym na uroku. Odnajdą w niej coś dla siebie tak mali, jak i duzi czytelnicy.Edith Nesbit, autorka tej pełnej ciepła książki, znana jest w Polsce najbardziej z cyklu o Piaskoludku (Pięcioro dzieci i coś, Feniks i dywan, Historia amuletu).

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