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Tales from Shakespeare — Charles Lamb

Tales from Shakespeare

Charles Lamb

  • Children
  • Book language: English
  • 249 pages

Tales from Shakespeare is a collection of prose retellings of Shakespeare's plays, written by Charles and Mary Lamb for young readers. It presents both comedies and tragedies in a connected narrative form, often using Shakespeare's own words. It serves as an accessible introduction to his works.

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Contents

  1. TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
  2. CONTENTS
  3. PREFACE
  4. THE TEMPEST
  5. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
  6. THE WINTER’S TALE
  7. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
  8. AS YOU LIKE IT
  9. THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
  10. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
  11. CYMBELINE
  12. KING LEAR
  13. MACBETH
  14. ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
  15. TAMING OF THE SHREW
  16. THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
  17. MEASURE FOR MEASURE
  18. TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL
  19. TIMON OF ATHENS
  20. ROMEO AND JULIET
  21. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK
  22. OTHELLO
  23. PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE
  24. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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