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Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare

by Edith Nesbit (1858-1924)

Edith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare’s great works. She set about to retell his plays in a language that children would not only understand, but delight in. This is a marvelous introduction to the works of Shakespeare that ALL will enjoy. (Summary by Laura)

• Gutenberg e-text
• Wikipedia - Edith Nesbit
• LibriVox’s Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book 145.2MB
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Total running time: 5:02:17

mp3 and ogg files

• Chapter 00 - 00:12:18
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  Read by: Laura Caldwell
• Chapter 01 - 00:13:23
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  Read by: Stuart Bell
• Chapter 02 - 00:11:24
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  Read by: Elizabeth Klett
• Chapter 03 - 00:09:20
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  Read by: Charlene V. Smith
• Chapter 04 - 00:12:16
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  Read by: Elizabeth Klett
• Chapter 05 - 00:05:58
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  Read by: Sibella Denton
• Chapter 06 - 00:14:00
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  Read by: Geoff Cowgill
• Chapter 07 - 00:19:37
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  Read by: Ransom
• Chapter 08 - 00:18:10
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  Read by: Denny Sayers
• Chapter 09 - 00:10:16
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  Read by: Elizabeth Klett
• Chapter 10 - 00:16:04
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  Read by: Denny Sayers
• Chapter 11 - 00:11:44
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  Read by: Elizabeth Klett
• Chapter 12 - 00:18:04
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  Read by: Denny Sayers
• Chapter 13 - 00:15:37
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  Read by: Kehinde
• Chapter 14 - 00:15:02
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  Read by: Denny Sayers
• Chapter 15 - 00:17:38
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  Read by: Kehinde
• Chapter 16 - 00:21:18
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  Read by: Denny Sayers
• Chapter 17 - 00:11:57
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  Read by: Kehinde
• Chapter 18 - 00:18:12
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  Read by: Denny Sayers
• Chapter 19 - 00:16:26
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  Read by: Kehinde
• Chapter 20 - 00:13:33
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  Read by: JemmaBlythe

Cataloged on December 09, 2007