Blue bandReady now · Open and print today

The Winter's Tale

From Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit and William Shakespeare, 1907

E. Nesbit's retelling of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale was first published in Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare in 1907, making the late romance accessible to young readers. This text reflects its era; a few period terms have been modernised. The Winter's Tale explores jealousy, loss, redemption, and the power of forgiveness across sixteen years. It is one of Shakespeare's most hopeful plays, showing that even the gravest wrongs can be healed when repentance meets grace. The play's final scene—the statue coming to life—is among the most moving moments in all of Shakespeare's work.

Band

Blue · Independent readers, confidentTypical starting range: ages 12–14

Length

long · about 1002 words in 5 sections · 2 pictures

Source

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, E. Nesbit and William Shakespeare

First published

1907

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (10 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

Readers are engineered from the original public-domain text with AI under HummingRead’s published canon and Content Philosophy, checked by automated audit and sampled by a person. Pictures are made with AI to HummingRead’s brief for each story. How a reader is made.

Report a concern about this reader · What’s in a HummingRead reader