The Merchant of Venice is one of a series of introductions to
Shakespeare's key plays. It is perfect as an introduction before
studying the play, for revision purposes and for reluctant and
struggling readers. The play is retold as a straightforward, pacey
narrative in chapter-book format. The book use the present tense
and lots of dialogue (in present-day English) to recreate the
experience of actually watching the play. The text follow the
original plays faithfully so students can acquire an accurate
understanding of the action and plot. Memorable quotations from the
original text (in italics) make this book perfect for exam
crammers! Plus each book includes visual information to help pupils
get to grips with the plot, the key characters and their important
relationships in the play. The stories are all presented in the
period of the play but with modern day language. Written by award
winning writer Stephen Rickard these are really accessible books.
They are perfect for getting all pupils, whatever their ability,
comfortable with each play before they go on to study it in its
original form and a great all round introduction to Shakespeare.
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