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Tales from Shakespeare

Charles Lamb - Author
Mary Lamb - Author
Marina Warner - Editor/introduction
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Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 304 pages | ISBN 9780141441627 | 18 Dec 2007 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP
Tales from Shakespeare
Celebrated prose retellings of Shakespeare’s plays

Charles and Mary Lamb have delighted generations of adults as well as children with their famed prose renderings of Shakespeare’s originals. Bringing the plays to life in a form that encourages readers to enjoy and explore, Tales from Shakespeare provides an entertaining and informative introduction to the great works while retaining much of Shakespeare’s lyricism, phrasing, and rhythm. It is a captivating work of Romantic storytelling as well as the original literary homage to the Bard.


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