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Tales from Shakespeare
Tales from Shakespeare
Author: Charles and Mary Lamb
More than 150 years ago, Charles and Mary Lamb determined to bring the stories of Shakespeare's plays to the young people of the world. In doing so they produced a book which has become a classic in its own right. In this new edition, Elizabeth Donno has supplemented the original stories of the Lambs with her own excellent renderings of the rema...  more »
ISBN: 284730
Publication Date: 2/1962
Pages: 291
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Publisher: Bantam Pathfinder
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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katink avatar reviewed Tales from Shakespeare on + 32 more book reviews
The author's succeed in telling Shaklespeare's stories in language that everyone can understand. There are 20 tales in this book.

The Tempest
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Winter's Tale
Much Ado About Nothing
As You Like It
The Two Gentleman 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
Otherllo
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
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Charles and Mary Lamb have re=told twenty of the best-known Shakespearian comedies and tragedies. this introduction to the plays will give young readers a foretaste of the deeper enjoyment that they will experience when they are older and can read the dramas as they were written Book Club Edition w/dustjacket Incl. The Tempest, Midsummer Night's Dream, the Winter's Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, As you Like It, the Two Gentlement of Verona, The Merchant of Venice and 13 more.


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