Tales from Shakespeare. Retold by Charles and Mary Lamb
Discover Shakespeare's best-loved plays. This is a perfect introduction for all ages to the breadth and beauty of Shakespeare's work. "Tales from Shakespeare" has become a classic work in its own right. The tales bring vividly alive the power of "Hamlet" and "Macbeth", the fun of "A Midsummer...
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Discover Shakespeare's best-loved plays. This is a perfect introduction for all ages to the breadth and beauty of Shakespeare's work. "Tales from Shakespeare" has become a classic work in its own right. The tales bring vividly alive the power of "Hamlet" and "Macbeth", the fun of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the drama of "The Tempest". Blending detailed narrative with original dialogue and poetic language, they fully convey the wit, wisdom and imagination of Shakespeare's magnificent plays.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780141330457 (0141330457)
Publish date: February 1st 2010
Publisher: Puffin Audio
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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