A Midsummer Night's Dream (Enhanced Edition)
Audio, Illustrated, and Video Edition
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3.6 • 18 Ratings
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- $2.99
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Publisher Description
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Audio, Illustrated, and Video Edition) is a fully-integrated multimedia ebook featuring William Shakespeare's original play and audio, over 40 of original Arthur Rackham's 1911 illustrations, and the 1909 silent film by Charles Kent.
This is the most dynamic ebook version of this title. Easy to listen along and follow as you read.
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Coville follows up his version of The Tempest (see p. 84) with a retelling of another of Shakespeare's most popular plays. The fundamental story of magic, mischief and the trials and tribulations of love is preserved through well-chosen use of the original language and Coville's heady prose ("The queen... saw the ass-headed monstrosity through magic-drenched eyes"). Major plot lines are clearly and concisely rendered, but it is the portrayal of the various levels of humor-from Bottom's buffoonery to Puck's gleeful magic-making-that really captures the essence of the play. Nolan's (Dinosaur Dream) sumptuous, painterly watercolors highlight the theatrical setting of the spellbound wood. Gnarled, mossy trees provide the backdrop for a cast of unusually youthful lovers, gossamer-winged fairies (which nod at Rackham's famous interpretations) and a truly puckish Puck. A first-rate entree to the Bard. Ages 7-up.
Customer Reviews
Spot on.
This book delivers what it says. Full audio, not clips and ALL the original Rackham illustrations, not a few. And the video is a great bonus. Only one on the iBookstore like that, yes "dynamic".
Hardly Enhanced
If a few audio clips and some illustrations is "dynamic", then this book is that. Otherwise, I believe Shakespeare and Rackham would have asked for their money back.
Meh
Nice try I guess, but doesn't help me understand the play and answer questions about it.
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