ISBN |
9781405862387 paperback |
Name |
Rice, Chris, 1952- adapter. |
Title |
A midsummer night's dream / William Shakespeare ; retold by Chris Rice. |
Edition |
Pearson English readers edition. |
Published |
Harlow, Essex : Pearson Education, 2008. |
©2008 |
Description |
viii, 55 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
Notes |
Includes comprehensive questions and activities. |
Contents |
Lovers and actors -- The juice of the purple flower -- Monters and fairies -- Bottom's dream -- Pyramus and Thisby. |
Summary |
This wonderful story of fairies, dreams and lovers is as popular today as it was in Shakespeare's time. In a wood outside Athens, four young people are following their dreams, while fairies play strange games with them. Their world seems unreal but is it really very different from our own? |
Reading Program Note |
Level 3. 1200 headwords. |
Language note |
Text in British English |
Subjects |
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Midsummer night's dream -- Adaptations |
English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers |
Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc |
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
Courtship -- Fiction |
Fairies -- Fiction |
Magic -- Fiction |
Athens (Greece) -- Drama |
Genre |
Readers (Adult) |
Easy to read (green : intermediate) |
Series |
Pearson English readers. Level 3. |
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