The Tempest: Young People's Shakespeare Series

Pros: The imagination contained within its pages transports you to an enchanting world

Cons: You've got to get through the language first

The Bottom Line: One of the greatest plays - shouldn't be condemned because it's read in school

Review: Desperate men cling to their ship, and the last remnants of their faith, as a supernatural storm of Old Testement proportions swallows their vessel.This must be one of the best starts to a Shakespearean play, up there with Francisco and Bernado ...

Pros: Great language and lots of deep themes

Cons: Occasionally tedious

The Bottom Line: A definite must read

Review: The theme of the natural world versus “civilization” is prevalent throughout William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Nature, as expressed through Caliban and Ariel, is portrayed as an essentially decent and just force, despite the fact that a moral...

Pros: 'Helpful as introduction of the play

Cons: Might make the reader enjoy the story, and forget the poetic beauty of Shakespeare

Review: Shakespeare's The Tempest is a story that has fired the imagination of the
young readers over the ages. This attempt at easy rendering of this classic is really welcome, since it presents the story is a readable form for the audience. The...