Edith Nesbit

A Pomander of Verse is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a collection of twenty stories retold by the great Edith Nesbit. First released in 1907 with the goal of making the great plays that have influenced western culture easily understandable for children, these re-tellings have been a perfect introduction to 'The Bard' for over a century. This edition is presented with all the original page decorations and over eighty illustrations rearranged to match Ambleside Online reading order.

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a collection of twenty stories retold by the great Edith Nesbit. First released in 1907 with the goal of making the great plays that have influenced western culture easily understandable for children, these re-tellings have been a perfect introduction to 'The Bard' for over a century. This edition is presented with all the original page decorations and over eighty illustrations rearranged to match Ambleside Online reading order.

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 is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a collection of twenty stories retold by the great Edith Nesbit. First released in 1907 with the goal of making the great plays that have influenced western culture easily understandable for children, these re-tellings have been a perfect introduction to 'The Bard' for over a century. This edition is presented with all the original page decorations and over eighty illustrations rearranged to match Ambleside Online reading order.

Including an introduction from writer and feminist activist Scarlett Curtis, curator of Sunday Times Bestseller Feminists Don't Wear Pink. When Father is taken away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis and their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country. The children seek solace in the nearby railway station, and make friends with Perks the Porter and the Station Master himself. Each day, the children run down the field to the railway track and wave at the passing London train, sending their love to Father. Little do they know that the kindly old gentleman passenger who waves back holds the key to their father's disappearance. . . The Sisterhood collection celebrates the best-loved classics, written by some of the best female authors in history for International Women's Day. Read the rest of the collection:Little Women Heidi Pride and Prejudice A Little Princess Anne of the Green Gables

A Pomander of Verse is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

A great collection to include Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Story of the Amulet. When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother start exploring a gravel pit not far from their new countryside home, they make an unexpected and very curious discovery. The gravel pit is home to a Psammead, a sand fairy. This ugly creature has eyes like a snail, ears like a bat and the body of a spider, and is very grumpy indeed. He grants the children one wish every day, and though they are excited to have all their desires fulfilled, they soon realize that having one’s wishes come true can have unexpected consequences… More adventures will follow in the other two books in the series

When Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane find the Psammead, a magical sand fairy, in a pet shop in London, they have no idea that they are about to embark on their greatest adventure yet. The Psammead leads them to an Egyptian amulet that has the power to grant whatever their hearts desire. The problem is that the amulet is broken, and the other half – needed if their wishes are to be granted – is lost. Yet with their half of the amulet able to transport them through time, the children set out on a search for the missing half, and the realization of their wildest dreams…From an encounter with Julius Caesar to a visit of the lost city of Atlantis, The Story of the Amulet – the final instalment in the Psammead Trilogy – is an unforgettable tale of magic and time travel that has been loved by children and parents alike for more than a century.

Edith Nesbit, romanziera inglese per ragazzi, ha raccolto in un libro quasi tutto il teatro di Shakespeare descrivendo in brevi racconti la trama delle sue maggiori opere. Il linguaggio adatto a ragazzi dagli 8 anni in su, ma il libro consigliato a chiunque voglia avere un'idea delle opere di Shakespeare senza affrontare la lettura integrale dei drammi. Ecco i racconti: Sogno di una notte di mezza estate; La tempesta; Come vi piace; Racconto d'inverno; Re Lear; La dodicesima notte; Tanto rumore per nulla; Romeo e Giulietta; Pericle; Amleto; Cimbelino; La commedia degli errori; Il mercante di Venezia; Timone di Atene; Otello; La bisbetica domata; Misura per misura; Due gentiluomini di Verona; Tutto bene ci che finisce bene. Musiche di Claudio Monteverdi.

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We havent used any OCR or photocopy to produce this book. The whole book has been typeset again to produce it without any errors or poor pictures and errant marks.

"Sokrovischa drakonov" - eto tri prikljuchencheskikh skazki anglijskoj pisatelnitsy Edit Nesbit: "Ognennyj drakon, ili Kamennoe serdtse i Zolotoe serdtse", "Ledjanoj drakon, ili Delajte, kak vam govorjat" i "Spasiteli svoej strany". Drakony byvajut raznye. No chasche vsego - s trudnym kharakterom i nepredskazuemym nravom. S drakonami nuzhno umet dogovarivatsja, a inogda i perekhitrit ikh, chtoby ne natvorili chego-nibud uzhasnogo v gneve ili prosto iz vrednosti. I konechno, imet delo s nastojaschim drakonom mogut tolko smelye, dobrye i ljubjaschie ljudi. Potomu chto samyj durnoj kharakter poroj izlechivaetsja laskovym slovom i beskorystnoj pomoschju. Atmosfernye risunki Valerii Neruchevoj pogruzhajut nas v atmosferu dalnikh stran, gde vodjatsja drakony. Dlja mladshego i srednego shkolnogo vozrasta.

Edit Nesbit (Edit Blend) - anglijskaja pisatelnitsa, avtor klassicheskikh britanskikh volshebnykh skazok dlja detej. V ikh chisle i udivitelnaja kniga "Magicheskij gorod". Fantasticheskie prikljuchenija malchika Filipa nachinajutsja s togo, chto ot odinochestva i skuki v chuzhom dome on stroit iz igrushek, bezdelushek, knig, domino i drugikh veschej igrushechnyj gorod. Odnako nochju v magicheskom lunnom svete ego stroenija ozhivajut, i Filip s devochkoj Ljusi popadajut v skazochnuju stranu. Tam svoi zakony. Dobro boretsja so zlom i zhdet svoego rytsarja-zaschitnika. Geroev zhdut neverojatnye prikljuchenija v volshebnom gorode.

After being sent to the country "to learn to be good", the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures