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These tales are the perfect introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays. Charles and Mary Lamb vividly bring to life the power of Hamlet and Othello, the fun of As You Like It and the drama of Pericles. They never lose the feel of his beautiful language and humanity and convey all of his wit and wisdom. These tales are classic literature in their own right.

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.

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.

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 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.Includes:THE TEMPESTA MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAMWINTER’S TALEMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGAS YOU LIKE ITMERCHANT OF VENICECYMBELINEKING LEARMACBETHALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELLTAMING OF THE SHREWTHE COMEDY OF ERRORSMEASURE FOR MEASURETWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILLTIMON OF ATHENSROMEO AND JULIETHAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARKOTHELLOPERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE

The Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb were written to be an 'introduction to the study of Shakespeare', but are much more entertaining than that. All of Shakespeare's best-loved tales, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and robust style, and their literary quality has made them popular and sought-after ever since their first publication in 1807.