{"product_id":"2940013455634","title":"Eight Shakespearean Tragedies Retold as Short Stories in Modern English","description":"If you’ve ever tried to read Shakespeare’s plays but had trouble with the language, these retellings, as short stories in modern English, are for you. Equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 140 pages, this Kindle edition includes the Bard’s eight best-known tragedies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003cbr\u003eHamlet\u003cbr\u003eJulius Caesar\u003cbr\u003eKing Lear\u003cbr\u003eKing Richard III\u003cbr\u003eMacbeth\u003cbr\u003eOthello\u003cbr\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSample passage:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuliet awoke out of her trance, and seeing the friar near her, she remembered the place where she was, and the occasion of her being there, and asked for Romeo; but the friar, hearing a noise, bade her come out of that place of death, and of unnatural sleep, for a greater power than they could contradict had thwarted their intents; and being frightened by the noise of people coming, he fled: but when Juliet saw the cup closed in her true love’s hand, she guessed that poison had been the cause of his end, and she would have swallowed the dregs if any had been left, and she kissed his still warm lips to try if any poison yet did hang upon them; then hearing a nearer noise of people coming, she quickly unsheathed a dagger which she wore, and stabbing herself, died by her true Romeo’s side.","brand":"A. J. Cornell Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082890100976,"sku":"2940013455634","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013455634_p0.jpg?v=1763581142","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013455634","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}