Ten tales from Shakespeare
Charles Lamb, a distinguished English essayist, collaborated with his sister, Mary, to create enthralling prose retellings for young readers of some of Shakespeare's most beloved works. This selection of works from their 1807 publication features The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, and Othello. Older readers, even those well acquainted with these plays, also will find much to admire and enjoy in these vibrant retellings of the great playwright's timeless tales
Print Book, English, 2003
Dover ed View all formats and editions
Dover Publications, Mineola, N.Y., 2003
Adaptations
v, 143 pages ; 21 cm.
9780486428437, 0486428435
1001848970
The tempest
A Midsummer night's dream
As you like it
The merchant of Venice
King Lear
Macbeth
The taming of the shrew
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Othello
"Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare was first published in 1807. This Dover edition, first published in 2003, reprints, from a standard edition, ten of the twenty original tales"--Title page verso