Tales from Shakespeare facts for kids
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Fifth edition title page (1831)
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| Author | Charles and Mary Lamb |
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| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction Children's literature |
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1807 (first printing) |
Tales from Shakespeare is a special English book for young people. It was written in 1807 by a brother and sister, Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb. Their goal was to make the famous plays by William Shakespeare easier to understand. They wanted to keep as much of Shakespeare's original language as possible.
Mary Lamb wrote about the funny plays (comedies). Charles Lamb wrote about the sad plays (tragedies). They worked together on the introduction to the book.
For a long time, Mary Lamb's name wasn't on the book's cover. It only appeared on the seventh edition in 1838.
Even though this book was made for young readers, some parts might still be a bit tricky today. But it's still a great way to learn about Shakespeare's stories. It stays very true to the original plays. This makes it super helpful when you start reading Shakespeare's plays yourself.
What's Inside the Book?
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The book tells the stories of 20 different Shakespeare plays. Here are the tales you will find:
- The Tempest (retold by Mary Lamb)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (retold by Mary Lamb)
- The Winter's Tale (retold by Mary Lamb)
- Much Ado About Nothing (retold by Mary Lamb)
- As You Like It (retold by Mary Lamb)
- Two Gentlemen of Verona (retold by Mary Lamb)
- The Merchant of Venice (retold by Mary Lamb)
- Cymbeline (retold by Mary Lamb)
- King Lear (retold by Charles Lamb)
- Macbeth (retold by Charles Lamb)
- All's Well That Ends Well (retold by Mary Lamb)
- The Taming of the Shrew (retold by Mary Lamb)
- The Comedy of Errors (retold by Mary Lamb)
- Measure for Measure (retold by Mary Lamb)
- Twelfth Night (retold by Mary Lamb)
- Timon of Athens (retold by Charles Lamb)
- Romeo and Juliet (retold by Charles Lamb)
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (retold by Charles Lamb)
- Othello (retold by Charles Lamb)
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre (retold by Mary Lamb)
