Tales from Shakespeare
by:
Charles Lamb (author)
Mary Lamb (author)
Judi Dench (author)
Discover Shakespeare's best-loved plays. These tales are the perfect introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays. Charles and Mary Lamb vividly bring to life the power of "Hamlet" and "Othello", the fun of "As You Like It" and the drama of "Pericles". They never lose the feel of his beautiful...
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Discover Shakespeare's best-loved plays. These tales are the perfect introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays. Charles and Mary Lamb vividly bring to life the power of "Hamlet" and "Othello", the fun of "As You Like It" and the drama of "Pericles". They never lose the feel of his beautiful language and humanity and convey all of his wit and wisdom. These tales are classic literature in their own right.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141321684 (0141321687)
ASIN: 141321687
Publish date: May 27th 2010
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Romance,
Classic Literature,
Plays,
Drama,
19th Century,
Poetry
(Original Review, 1981-01-18)The book industry is becoming like the film industry; no new ideas so just reboot or copy a previous story...Star Trek Into Darkness being the most cynical by simply reorganizing original a Trek film script and a couple of cases word for word. If you're into stuff li...
I reckon the first time I encountered this collection was back in high school when our teacher wanted to teach us the Scottish Play, but didn't feel that we were ready to actually start reading the proper text, namely because she felt that maybe we wouldn't fully understand Shakespeare's language (d...
I'm not so sure that this book is appropriately titled. Many of the adaptations in here are too far above the developmental level of what I consider to be "children," but they are probably perfectly appropriate for kids between 12 and oh, 14 or 15 years old. Kids edging into 14, 15, and certainly ...
Dense, dry, and difficult to follow. I can't imagine how this book became so popular. There must be better options out there.
Brilliant as an introduction for youngsters.
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