Ten Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb

Ten Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb, a distinguished English essayist, collaborated with his sister, Mary, to create enthralling prose retellings for young readers of some of Shakespeare's most beloved works. This selection from their 1807 publications features The Tempest; A Midsummer Night's Dream; As You Like It; The Merchant of Venice; King Lear; Macbeth; The Taming of the Shrew; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; and Othello.
What these tales shall have been to the young readers, Charles Lamb wrote, that and much more it is the writers' wish that the true plays of Shakespeare may prove to them in older years -- enrichers of the fancy, strengtheners of virtue, a withdrawing from all selfish and mercenary thoughts, a lesson of all sweet and honorable thoughts and actions. To teach courtesy, benignity, generosity, humanity: for of examples, teaching these virtues, his pages are full.
Simple and compelling, these vibrant retellings of the great playwright's timeless tales will undoubtedly charm readers of all ages.

Mary R. Lamb is Assistant Professor and Director of First-Year Writing at Clayton State University, Atlanta, Georgia. She co-authored The Memory Palace in Paula Vogel's Plays, in Southern Women Playwrights (2001). Her chapter, The 'Talking Life' of Books: Constructing Women Readers in Oprah's Book Club, appears in Reading Women: Literary Figures and Cultural Icons (2005). In writing studies, she focuses on reading-writing-thinking, citation, and collaborative writing, and recently published an article on rhetorical reading in English Journal.

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ISBN 13	9780486428437
ISBN 10	0486428435
Title	Ten Tales from Shakespeare
Author	Charles Lamb
Series	Evergreen Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dover Publications Inc.
Year published	2003-06-26
Number of pages	160
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