A Midsummer Night's Dream (Graphic Classics: A Midsummer Night's Dream) - Tapa blanda

This retelling of one of Shakespeare's most popular and widely performed romantic comedies follows the fortunes and misfortunes of several young lovers against a background of playful, forest-dwelling fairies. Barron's Graphic Classics offer easy-to-follow retellings of immortal literary works. They introduce elementary and secondary school students to many of our culture's great plays, novels, and epic poems, and encourage boys and girls to discover the joy of reading the masterworks in their original form. Graphic Classics titles tell absorbing stories with high-quality color illustrations complemented with short narrative sections and dialogue balloons that capture the spirit of the originals. They also present background material to help young readers understand when and why the literary work was originally written. Graphic Classics titles are available in both paperback and hardcover editions.

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"Lord, what fools these mortals be."
A
Midsummer
Night's Dream

Strange things are afoot in the woods outside Athens. Two men are in love with the same woman, the King and Queen of Fairies are at loggerheads, and a mischievous sprite is about to weak havoc with a magic flower. Meanwhile, an impish fellow named Puck has really made an ass of an amateur actor called Bottom.

How will it all end?

One of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies is vividly and faithfully retold in graphic novel format.

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The beautiful Hermia disobeys her father by refusing to marry Demetrius, who is in love with her. It happens that Hermia's true love is Lysandar. Meanwhile, Helena is jealous of Hermia, because she loves Demetrius. Their romantic tangle is only one of several stories that enliven this favorite Shakespeare comedy. Readers will also meet Oberon, King of Fairies, his clever servant Puck, the amusing actor Bottom, and many others. It's a play that is punctuated by magic spells, filled with comedy--and in its final act, good fortune to all.

"Lord, what fools these mortals be"

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Graphic Classics available from Barron's
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Beowulf
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dracula
Frankenstein
Gulliver's Travels
Hamlet
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Jane Eyre
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Julius Caesar
Kidnapped
The Last of the Mohicans
Macbeth
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Merchant of Venice
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Moby Dick
The Odyssey
Oliver Twist
Romeo and Juliet
A Tale of Two Cities
The Three Musketeers
Treasure Island
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Wuthering Heights