Tales from Shakespeare by Lamb, Charles
Tales from Shakespeare by Lamb, Charles

Tales from Shakespeare

Celebrated prose retellings of Shakespeare's plays Charles and Mary Lamb have delighted generations of adults as well...
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SKU: 9780141441627
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Author: Charles Lamb
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Tales from Shakespeare by Lamb, Charles

Tales from Shakespeare

$42.29
Tales from Shakespeare by Lamb, Charles

Tales from Shakespeare

$42.29
Author: Charles Lamb
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author: Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 01/01/2008
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780141441627
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 12.8
Point Value: 23
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 52298 / Tales from Shakespeare (Unabridged)

About the Author
Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb.

Marina Warner is a prize-winning writer of fiction, criticism, and history; her works include novels and short stories as well as studies of female myths and symbols. Her recent books include: The Leto Bundle (2001), Signs & Wonders: Essays on Literature and Culture (2003), and Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds: Ways of Telling the Self (2004).
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