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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. Read tales from shakespeare online, free books by mary lamb. Tales from shakespeare kindle edition by lamb, mary. Tales from shakespeare puffin classics by charles lamb, mary lamb and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. May 04, 2007 tales from shakespeare is a singular book, partly because it is made up of unspoken, shadowy doublings.
Ive had a copy of it for a long time, and id originally planned to read the chapter from this book at the same time i read the play. Mary lamb was responsible for the comedies, while charles wrote the tragedies. Tales from shakespeare was written in 1807 by a young clerk called charles lamb in the offices of the east india company. Tales from shakespeare audiobook by charles lamb, mary. Charles lambs most popular book is tales from shakespeare. Hello, i found it there is only one copy on that year it was printed 368 pages. Jan 27, 2015 in the adventures of ulysses 1808, charles also adapted the odyssey into a form more accessible to the layman. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Designed to introduce shakespeare to younger readers. Their retellings make substantial alterations, however, in framing shakespeares plots with narrative explanation and moral interpretation.
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Tales from shakespeare by charles and mary lamb is a retelling of 20 of shakespeares most beloved stories. Encouraging virtue and providing lessons for both thought and conduct. A forerunner of lambs mature later work, his tales have a personal and sometimes conversational tone that won generations of readers. What these tales shall have been to the young readers, that and much more it is the writers wish that the true plays of shakespeare may. The book is designed to make the stories of shakespeare s plays familiar to the young. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Houghton, mifflin and company printed the book before 12251883, because this was a gift and the person who received it put the date she rec. Tales from shakespeare by charles and mary lamb, and tales from shakespeare by winston stokes. Quarto, original cream buckram with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, gilt pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt with others uncut, ribbon. All of shakespeares bestloved plays, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and robust style, and their literary quality has made them popular and soughtafter ever since their first publication in 1807.
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