Tales taken from twenty of shakespeares plays including, the tempest, a midsummer nights dream, the taming of the shrew, the comedy of errors, and. After reading the tales the reason of its excellence is fully apparent. Charles lamb was a diligent student of shakespeareappreciative of, and well fitted to write good english. Charles and mary lamb took what most agree is a romance and the story of a kings jealousy, anger, mistaken sense of betrayal by his wife and the consequences of his retaliation upon his friends and family, and successfully transformed it into a childrens version which ends happily when he learns. I read them voraciously, and continue to return to. May 27, 2010 discover shakespeare s bestloved plays with this fantastic, unabridged and downloadable audiobook edition of charles and mary lamb s tales from shakespeare, read by alan cumming, juliet stevenson, nigel davenport and andrew sachs. This audio version is a great way to familiarize yourself, as well as your kids, with the classic works. Much ado about nothing audiobook charles lamb, mary lamb. 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. Their success was immediate and their appeal quickly extended to an adult readership.
Tales from shakespeare is an english childrens book written by brother and sister charles and mary lamb in 1807 the book is designed to make the stories of shakespeares plays familiar to the young. Their retellings make substantial alterations, however, in framing. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Buy lambs tales from shakespeare main by lamb mary, lamb charles isbn. Lamb s tales from shakespeare are a prose form of shakespeare s plays for children by the writer siblings charles and mary lamb. Tales from shakespeare by lamb, charles and lamb, mary librivox. Discover shakespeare s bestloved plays with this fantastic, unabridged and downloadable audiobook edition of charles and mary lamb s tales from shakespeare, read by alan cumming, juliet stevenson, nigel davenport and andrew sachs.
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Keeping shakespeares own words whenever possible but making the plots and language. 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. 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. Charles lamb 1775 1834 and mary lamb 1764 1847 the. The following tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of shakespeare, for which purpose his. Charles lamb has 518 books on goodreads with 24912 ratings. Read by karen savage the following tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of. Believing that children should have access to more than mere morality stories, they set about giving the magnificent, wild stories of shakespeare in childfriendly format. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Brother and sister team charles and mary lamb originally wrote these stories for children in 1807, based on shakespeare s most famous plays. The tales bring vividly alive the power of hamlet and macbeth, the fun of a midsummer nights dream, and the drama of the tempest. Brother and sister team charles and mary lamb originally wrote these stories for children in 1807, based on shakespeares most famous plays. For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please. Tales from shakespeare was written by charles lamb 17751834 and his sister mary lamb 17641847 in 1807 as a prose adaptation for children.
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