Books with title Shakespeare Tales: Comedies

"Tales From Shakespeare" is Charles Lamb's classic prose retelling of some of Shakespeare's greatest plays. The following plays are recounted here: The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, King Lear, Macbeth, All's Well That Ends Well, The Taming of the Shrew, The Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, Timon of Athens, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Othello, Pericles, and Prince of Tyre.

Tales from Shakespeare was written by Charles and Mary Lamb in the early nineteenth century to introduce children to the greatest plays of William Shakespeare. They adapted twenty of Shakespeare's plays in simple language so that it makes easy reading for the young readers. Conveying all Shakespeare's wit, wisdom and humanity, and never losing the feel of his beautiful language, these tales are classic literature in their own right.ABOUT THE AUTHORS:Charles Lamb was an English essayist with Welsh heritage, best known for his 'Essays of Elia' and for the children's book 'Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister.Mary Lamb (1764–1847) was an English writer. She is best known today for her collaboration with Charles on the collection Tales from Shakespeare. Mary suffered from mental illness, and in 1796 she stabbed her mother to death during a mental breakdown. She was confined to mental facilities off and on for most of her life. She and Charles presided over a literary circle in London that included the poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, among others.

Shakespeare is widely considered to be the greatest playwright the world has known. But it has always been difficult and time-consuming to understand his works. This series gives you engaging and readable prose retellings of the complete works, preserving as far as possible for the modern reader Shakespeare’s original language and mood. In this totally new edition, the tales are collected by genre and arranged chronologically. Each genre and each tale has a fresh and insightful introduction by Andrew Lynn. This first volume contains the comedies as retold by Charles and Mary Lamb. Perfect for the Shakespeare aficionado, the student, and the general reader.

Charles and Mary Lamb adapted twenty of Shakespeare's plays in simple language so that it makes easy reading for the young readers. The book is designed to make the stories of Shakespeare's plays familiar to the young. However, as noted in the author's Preface, “Shakespeare's words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in” Mary Lamb was responsible for the comedies, while Charles wrote the tragedies.

Tales from Shakespeare is an English children's book written by Charles Lamb and his sister Mary Lamb in 1807. The book is designed to make the stories of Shakespeare's plays familiar to the young.[1] However, as noted in the author's 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 popular retellings of Shakespeare's best-loved plays by the brother-and-sister duo of Charles and Mary Lamb receive a stunningly original treatment in this keepsake hardcover. Handpicked from various editions, numerous black-and-white and 50 full-page color illustrations include the works of such artists as Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, W. Heath Robinson, Frank C. Papé, Charles Folkard, and George Soper.

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As children, Charles and Mary Lamb took great delight in exploring their benefactor’s extensive library; as adults they began writing children’s books together that also appealed to all generations. In Tales of Shakespeare they wished to bring their favourite plays to life for children too young to read and appreciate Shakespeare’s work. This collection of twenty of Shakespeare’s stories begins with The Tempest, which explores themes of magic, power and reconciliation, and ends with Pericles, Prince of Tyre, an exotic play of love, loss and family ties. Between these two tales are twelve romances and comedies, all written by Mary, and six tragedies, all written by Charles. Each tale is told chronologically and retains much of Shakespeare’s lyricism, phrasing and rhythm. Together, they form a captivating and accessible introduction to the Bard’s work.

Shakespeare is widely considered to be the greatest playwright the world has known.But it has always been difficult and time-consuming to understand his works.This series gives you engaging and readable prose retellings of the complete works, preserving as far as possible for the modern reader Shakespeare’s original language and mood. In this totally new edition, the tales are collected by genre and arranged chronologically.Each genre and each tale has a fresh and insightful introduction by Andrew Lynn.This third volume contains the tragicomedies as retold by Charles and Mary Lamb and Harrison Morris. Perfect for the Shakespeare aficionado, the student, and the general reader.