Books with author CHARLES LAMB

Charles Lamb wrote this small book in 1808 to tell the tale of Homer's Odyssey to children. It is a wonderfully well-written and accurate account of the story of Ulysses, and modern readers will be surprised at the sentence structure that the early nineteenth century felt was suitable for children. Today it is a good introduction to the verse version for adults as well as children. The year before Lamb wrote this book, he and his sister Mary wrote Tales from Shakespeare in 1807. This is a collection of short-story versions of Shakespeare's plays with some of the dialogue directly from the play. Before World War II, many, many children read Lamb, Bulfinch's Mythology, and Charles Dickens before leaving high school. To read Lamb is a pleasure at any age, and his work provides a marvellously literate transition to the original versions by Homer and Shakespeare. Lamb had a justifiably good reputation as an essayist in the nineteenth century. His essays are genial, humane, and extraordinarily observant. Those who like the prose of his tale of Ulysses owes it to themselves to read more of Charles Lamb. ~ Submitted by Jane Honeycutt

The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent are has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into our language since his time have been as far as possible avoided.Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

In The Adventures of Ulysses, Charles Lamb re-tells the story of Ulysses’s journey from Troy to his own kingdom of Ithaca. The book uses Homer’s The Odyssey as the basis for the story, but it isn’t a direct translation of the Greek classic. The book is considered a modern version of the epic tale when it was published in 1808. In the preface of the book, Lamb said that he made the narration of the story faster so that more readers would be attracted to it.To begin with, Homer’s Odyssey is already a classic and in re-telling this story, Charles Lamb aimed to make this epic poem more comprehensible to the average person. And he was successful in doing what he aimed for. The book became very popular not just to adults but also among children because it was well-written and can be easily understood. Lamb was really talented in bringing deep, hard to understand works of literature close to the masses. Before The Adventures of Ulysses, Lamb also wrote Tales From Shakespeare in which some of Shakespeare’s plays were retold as short stories, so like Ulysses, they can also be easily read.

Tales from Shakespeare is an English children's book written by brother and sister Charles and Mary Lamb in 1807.The book is designed to make the stories of Shakespeare's plays familiar to the young. Mary Lamb was responsible for the comedies, while Charles wrote the tragedies; they wrote the preface between them. Marina Warner, in her introduction to the Penguin 2007 edition, says that Mary did not get her name on the title page till the seventh edition in 1838.Tales from Shakespeare has been republished many times. It was first published by the Juvenile Library of William Godwin (under the alias Thomas Hodgkins) and his second wife, Mary Jane Clairmont, who chose the illustrations, probably by William Mulready. Later illustrators included Sir John Gilbert in 1866, Arthur Rackham in 1899 and 1909, Louis Monziès in 1908,Walter Paget in 1910, and D. C. Eyles in 1934.In 1893-4, the book was supplemented with some additional tales by Harrison S. Morris, and was re-published in the USA as a multi-volume set with colour plate illustrations.[8] As noted in the authors' preface, "[Shakespeare's] words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into our language since his time have been as far as possible avoided."The book contains the following tales:The Tempest (Mary Lamb)A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mary Lamb)The Winter's Tale (Mary Lamb)Much Ado About Nothing (Mary Lamb)As You Like It (Mary Lamb)Two Gentlemen of Verona (Mary Lamb)The Merchant of Venice (Mary Lamb)Cymbeline (Mary Lamb)King Lear (Charles Lamb)Macbeth (Charles Lamb)All's Well That Ends Well (Mary Lamb)The Taming of the Shrew (Mary Lamb)The Comedy of Errors (Mary Lamb)Measure for Measure (Mary Lamb)Twelfth Night (Mary Lamb)Timon of Athens (Charles Lamb)Romeo and Juliet (Charles Lamb)Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Charles Lamb)Othello (Charles Lamb)Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Mary Lamb)

Tales from Shakespeare is characterized by almost fairytale-like plot devices-complications arising from identical twins, magical forests, ghosts and witches, and foolish kings. The prose renditions of fourteen comedies and six tragedies are just as captivating for adults. Far from being mere plot summaries, the Tales closely follow the plays, frequently incorporating Shakespeare's exact language into the narratives and refusing to impose simplistic moral conclusions on the often-messy philosophical universe of Shakespearean drama.

The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into our language since his time have been as far as possible avoided.WHAT'S NEW?• Illustrations from the original edition• Link to the free audiobook, read by Karen Savage.

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In the early years of the nineteenth century, Charles and Mary Lamb published several children’s books, including the famous ‘Tales from Shakespeare’, which would have a lasting influence on the course of children’s literature. Charles Lamb is also notable for his essays under the pseudonym Elia for the London Magazine. His style is highly personal and mannered, conjuring nostalgic scenes with humour and pathos. This comprehensive eBook presents Charles and Mary Lamb’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to the authors’ lives and works* Concise introductions to the famous texts* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Famous works such as ‘Tales from Shakespeare’ and ‘The Adventures of Ulysses’ are fully illustrated with their original artwork* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry* Easily locate the poems you want to read* Includes Lamb’s complete prose works* Features Charles and Mary Lamb’s letters - spend hours exploring the authors’ personal correspondence* Special criticism section, with 9 essays evaluating Charles Lamb’s contribution to literature* Features four biographies, including Gilchrist’s seminal work on Mary Lamb - discover the authors’ intriguing lives* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:The Collaborative WorksJOHN WOODVILTALES FROM SHAKESPEAREMRS. LEICESTER’S SCHOOLPOETRY FOR CHILDRENCharles Lamb’s FictionA TALE OF ROSAMUND GRAY AND OLD BLIND MARGARETTHE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSESCharles Lamb’s PlaysMR H.; OR BEWARE A BAD NAMETHE PAWNBROKER’S DAUGHTERTHE WITCHTHE WIFE’S TRIALCharles Lamb’s Non-FictionON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEAREWITCHES AND OTHER NIGHT FEARSELIA AND THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIARECOLLECTIONS OF CHRIST’S HOSPITALMISCELLANEOUS PROSECharles Lamb’s PoetryPOEMS FROM BLANK VERSETHE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTSPRINCE DORUSSATAN IN SEARCH OF A WIFEALBUM VERSESMISCELLANEOUS POEMSThe PoemsLIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERMary Lamb’s EssayON NEEDLE-WORK BY ‘SEMPRONIA’The LettersTHE LETTERS OF CHARLES AND MARY LAMBThe CriticismCHARLES LAMB by Thomas de QuinceyELIA, AND GEOFFREY CRAYON by William HazlittCHARLES LAMB by Walter PaterCHARLES LAMB by Arthur SymonsCHARLES LAMB by John Cowper PowysCHARLES LAMB by Charles Edwyn VaughanCHARLES LAMB by S. P. B. MaisCHARLES LAMB by Hattie Tyng GriswoldCHARLES LAMB by Augustine BirrellTHE LETTERS OF CHARLES LAMB by Augustine BirrellCHARLES LAMB by A. St. John AdcockThe BiographiesCHARLES LAMB by Walter JerroldCHARLES LAMB: A MEMOIR by Barry CornwallCHARLES LAMB by Alfred AingerMARY LAMB by Mrs. GilchristPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks