Tales From Shakespeare

“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 in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote.”Tales From Shakespeare (1807) is a collection of Shakespeare’s most-known comedies and tragedies retold by Charles and Mary Lamb. The book is one of three books written in collaboration between the siblings for William Godwin’s Juvenile Library and was conceived as a way to introduce the work of Shakespeare to younger readers. Having never been out of print, Tales From Shakespeare is a widely adored and influential work of children’s fiction that balances the line of being accessible to children while remaining faithful to the original source material.

This edition of Tales From the Shakespeare is a classic work of children’s fiction reimagined for modern readers.

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