Romeo and Juliet
Subtitle: A Prose Translation (The Shakespeare Novels series)
Publisher: Creber Monde Entier
Published: June 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780968634714
Subjects: Shakespeare plays, texts; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Fiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics; Classics; Fiction / Classics; Juliet (Fictitious character); Juvenile fiction; Romeo (Fictitious character); Vendetta
Description: Shakespeare's major plays are not abridged or summarised in these editions, but are paraphrased line-by-line in modern English to create a prose narrative that also incorporates stage directions and dialogue.

Inspired by Goethe's idea that Shakespeare's great plays should be read the way novels are read - for their essence is located within the human mind, not on the auditorium stage - this series removes the Elizabethan usage and poetic dressing in order to make the plays unfold as if they were novels, carried along by the intensity of Shakespeare's page-turning plots and the rich development of character, mood, and setting.