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Tales from Shakespeare is an English children's book written by Charles Lamb with his sister Mary Lamb in 1807. The book reduced the archaic English and complicated storyline of Shakespeare to a simple level that children could read and comprehend. However, as noted in the Author's Preface, "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."

This retelling in prose of twenty of Shakespeare's thirty-seven plays was originally published just for children. Keeping Shakespeare's own words whenever possible but making the plots and language easily understandable, this very listenable collection has entertained and informed generations of adults as well. With such classic stories as A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet, and more, Shakespeare's most memorable characters come to life anew as magicians and fairies, fools and kings weave their magic, mischief, and madness. The list of 20 plays includes: 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 End 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 (Prince of Tyre.)

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, OTHELLO, PERICLES - PRINCE OF TYRE