Tales From Shakespeare
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Summary
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb was written to be an 'introduction to the study of Shakespeare'， but are much more entertaining than that。 All of Shakespeare's best-loved plays， comic and tragic， are retold in a clear and robust style， and their literary quality has made them popular and sought-after ever since their first publication in 1807。
This edition contains the delightful pen-and-ink drawings of Arthur Rackham。
This edition contains the delightful pen-and-ink drawings of Arthur Rackham。
Reviews
lexi
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A wonderful introduction to Shakespeare！ 🖋🎭
Luana
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*not finished*
Kézia Santos
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Pode ser um livro bom para quem não tem interesse de ler as peças diretamente da fonte。 Mas eu não gostei quase nada dessas adaptações， nem todas as peças adaptadas eu li， mas as que li não foi nada satisfatório o resumo e reescrita。 Apenas apagou a bela escrita de Shakespeare。
REEM
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Used to love them when i was younger， reading them in school， but re-reading them now i must say most of them didn't age well especially The taming of the shrew。 Used to love them when i was younger， reading them in school， but re-reading them now i must say most of them didn't age well especially The taming of the shrew。 。。。more
Hanaa Ali
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Really I liked the book。 It was such a simple way to enter the world of shakespeare
Natalie
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do i want to read because of the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society？ yes。 yes i do。
Bob Baen
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Delightful to listen to。 I chose this book because I was intrigued by how it came to be。 Charles Lamb and his sister Mary Lamb collaborated to condense a collection of some of Shakespeare’s best known and loved major works after Mary had stabbed their mother to death and was committed to a mental institution。 Charles visited her daily and they worked together on this book。 Their target readers were young people and readers new to Shakespeare。 Good narration。 Appropriate for adults， as well。
Dorka
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Nem vagyok nagy Shakespeare-rajongó， de ezzel az olvasással tartoztam – leginkább magamnak。 A történetek mondjuk harmadát ismertem （ezek töredékét olvastam is drámaformában， a maradékot inkább film- és/vagy színházi feldolgozásból。） Igazából maguk a történetek sem tudtak megfogni。 Még az is， amelyiket szeretem （mondjuk a Vízkeresztet kifejezetten szeretem， bár ott is valószínűleg a feldolgozások érték el ezt）， itt idegesített。 Tudom， hogy kvázi ez a mesék feladata， de a rengeteg sztereotípia és a Nem vagyok nagy Shakespeare-rajongó， de ezzel az olvasással tartoztam – leginkább magamnak。 A történetek mondjuk harmadát ismertem （ezek töredékét olvastam is drámaformában， a maradékot inkább film- és/vagy színházi feldolgozásból。） Igazából maguk a történetek sem tudtak megfogni。 Még az is， amelyiket szeretem （mondjuk a Vízkeresztet kifejezetten szeretem， bár ott is valószínűleg a feldolgozások érték el ezt）， itt idegesített。 Tudom， hogy kvázi ez a mesék feladata， de a rengeteg sztereotípia és agyonhasznált toposz/fordulat is csak eltávolított。 Például A velencei kalmár végletekig gonosz uzsorás zsidója a 20。 század tükrében kifejezetten nyomasztó volt – és ezt most nem felróni akarom， csak egyszerűen ezt éreztem。 Emellett viszont nagyon ideje volt már megismernem a Hamlet történetét vagy mondjuk az Othellot。 Ami viszont kifejezetten pozitív élmény volt， az az Ahogy tetszik。 Egyszerűen azért， mert amikor azt olvastam， akkor még a drámaformátum olvasása élénken élt bennem， és így tudatosan figyeltem arra， hogy mit ír le másképp egy próza， hogyan fűzi össze a jeleneteket， amiket a dráma különösebb nehézség nélkül csak egymás mögé pakol。 Több helyen vélt vagy valós magyarázat is megjelenik történésekre， gondolom részben a potenciális gyerekolvasókra való tekintettel， részben a szöveg gördülékenysége miatt。 Illetve szintén a gyerekek miatt valószínűleg a bolond és az álruhás-Rosalindba szerelmes lány （és az őt szerető ifjú） is kimaradtak a történetből。 Őszintén szólva én ezt irodalomórán egy kihagyhatatlan lehetőségnek tartanám， hogy bármely kötelező Shakespeare-drámához el kelljen olvasni a mesét is， így a történeten kívül a két műnem és műnem-eszköztár közötti különbséget is lehetne elemezni。 És most már azt is elmondhatom， hogy olvastam óangol szöveget， ha mégoly keveset is hagytak meg Lambék， hűen követve az előszóban leírt koncepciójukat。 。。。more
Kellie
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Tedious
Julia Marques
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Great introduction to Shakespeare's work Great introduction to Shakespeare's work 。。。more
Steve Ward
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Still not a huge Shakespeare fan after reading my second adapted compilation but this book was better written than the Children's Shakespeare。 I enjoyed the following 8 stories out of the 20 published in this edition。 In no particular order these were the most engaging to me: Midsummer Night's Dream， All's Well That Ends Well， Twelfth Night， The Taming of the Shrew， The Two Gentlemen of Verona， Pericles， As You Like It， Much Ado About Nothing。 This would be a good introduction to the bard。 I wou Still not a huge Shakespeare fan after reading my second adapted compilation but this book was better written than the Children's Shakespeare。 I enjoyed the following 8 stories out of the 20 published in this edition。 In no particular order these were the most engaging to me: Midsummer Night's Dream， All's Well That Ends Well， Twelfth Night， The Taming of the Shrew， The Two Gentlemen of Verona， Pericles， As You Like It， Much Ado About Nothing。 This would be a good introduction to the bard。 I would recommend it be read by readers 10 and older as it does have some mature themes。 。。。more
Logan17
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Charles and Mary Lamb did an impressive job of simplifying the dramas from Shakespeare。 This was a book that got me interested in Shakespeare in the first place。 I would particularly recommend this book for readers who want to have a basic knowledge of classic Shakespearean dramas or to enjoy his wonderful and entertaining pieces。
Hrishikesh Athreya
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This is a collection of concise summarizations of perhaps most of the famous Shakespeare plays and a great place for primary school English students to start
Kay
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Really good way to get to know Shakespeare especially for children
Fer Velázquez
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Buena recopilación
Elliott Carroll
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I read this book with the aim of becoming more familiar with the basic storyline of a handful of Shakespeare's plays。 I had previously only studied 'Antony and Cleopatra' and 'Othello' at school and my knowledge of other plays （apart from 'Hamlet'） was quite piecemeal。 This book recounts 15 of Shakespeare's plays in basic detail and I quite enjoyed picking up the basics of each story。 There wasn't one that stood out， although I was most pleased to read 'Macbeth' - a play that I find is referred I read this book with the aim of becoming more familiar with the basic storyline of a handful of Shakespeare's plays。 I had previously only studied 'Antony and Cleopatra' and 'Othello' at school and my knowledge of other plays （apart from 'Hamlet'） was quite piecemeal。 This book recounts 15 of Shakespeare's plays in basic detail and I quite enjoyed picking up the basics of each story。 There wasn't one that stood out， although I was most pleased to read 'Macbeth' - a play that I find is referred to frequently in everyday life。 Great for someone who just wants a rudimentary knowledge of some of the works of one of the greatest ever playwrights。 。。。more
Lucija
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Shakespeare’s works are just strange to me to be completely honest。
Danyah Al-tamimi
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Old language， a bit boring but eventually nice and pleasant 。。
Michael Delaware
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A very entertaining way to get introduced to Shakespeare。 I enjoyed the Tempest， Hamlet， The Taming of the Shrew and The Winters Tale best。
Heidi
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This was a great introduction to Shakespeare， both for my kids and for me。 I like that the authors used as much original text as they could in adapting the stories， and avoided modern words and usage。 We enjoyed discussing the themes of the tales， and determining whether they were comedies and tragedies。 The only thing I'd change about this book is， I wouldn't cluster the tragedies all together。 It became just a bit of a slog having so many of them all at once。 This was a great introduction to Shakespeare， both for my kids and for me。 I like that the authors used as much original text as they could in adapting the stories， and avoided modern words and usage。 We enjoyed discussing the themes of the tales， and determining whether they were comedies and tragedies。 The only thing I'd change about this book is， I wouldn't cluster the tragedies all together。 It became just a bit of a slog having so many of them all at once。 。。。more
Caro
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It took me eleven months to finish this book。 What a drama 🎭
Cindy Kwon
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Yep he is a good writer
✿ Jenna ✿
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Reading each play right after I read every adaptation from this book ♥RATINGS:• The Tempest• A Midsummer Night's Dream• The Winter's Tale• Much Ado About Nothing• As You Like It• The Two Gentlemen of Verona• The Merchant of Venice• Cymbeline• King Lear• Macbeth• All's Well That Ends Well• The Taming of the Shrew• The Comedy of Errors• Measure for Measure• Twelfth Night; or， What You Will• Timon of Athens• Romeo and Juliet• Hamlet， Prince of Denmark• Othello• Pericles， Prince of Tyre Reading each play right after I read every adaptation from this book ♥RATINGS:• The Tempest• A Midsummer Night's Dream• The Winter's Tale• Much Ado About Nothing• As You Like It• The Two Gentlemen of Verona• The Merchant of Venice• Cymbeline• King Lear• Macbeth• All's Well That Ends Well• The Taming of the Shrew• The Comedy of Errors• Measure for Measure• Twelfth Night; or， What You Will• Timon of Athens• Romeo and Juliet• Hamlet， Prince of Denmark• Othello• Pericles， Prince of Tyre 。。。more
Naomi
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I love these retellings。 We are reading through my childhood book together。 With the age of my boys I've broken it up， so we only read 3-5 pages at a time。 The language is rich and beautiful and this makes the stories and characters of Shakespeare like friends who we can look forward to revisiting in full form when we read his entire plays。 This book is a literary work on its own， so while it is a shorter retelling of the plays， these retellings are not a simple bare bones plot- older language， I love these retellings。 We are reading through my childhood book together。 With the age of my boys I've broken it up， so we only read 3-5 pages at a time。 The language is rich and beautiful and this makes the stories and characters of Shakespeare like friends who we can look forward to revisiting in full form when we read his entire plays。 This book is a literary work on its own， so while it is a shorter retelling of the plays， these retellings are not a simple bare bones plot- older language， difficult language， complex sentences。 Not the book if you just want the gist of Shakespeare。 。。。more
Manybooks
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For a book originally penned by siblings Charles and Mary Lamb in 1807， their generally brilliant and delightfully readable prose adaptations of twenty of William Shakespeare’s plays， their Tales From Shakespeare， has in my opinion truly held up and aged remarkably well （and is seemingly also still in current print， although some of the out of print earlier editions of Tales From Shakespeare with Arthur Rackham’s visually stunning accompanying artwork are certainly and in my opinion well worth i For a book originally penned by siblings Charles and Mary Lamb in 1807， their generally brilliant and delightfully readable prose adaptations of twenty of William Shakespeare’s plays， their Tales From Shakespeare， has in my opinion truly held up and aged remarkably well （and is seemingly also still in current print， although some of the out of print earlier editions of Tales From Shakespeare with Arthur Rackham’s visually stunning accompanying artwork are certainly and in my opinion well worth investigating and checking out， but of course as collectible often rather dear price wise as well）。 And yes indeed， I also do rather wish that I had encountered Tales From Shakespeare as a young reader （for even though I did totally enjoy reading Shakespeare plays in junior and senior high English， if I had read Tales From Shakespeare prior to that， I do think I would have had more of an appreciation of the Bard of Avon， and yes， some of the more complex tragedies we read for school， such as Hamlet and King Lear， they would most definitely and likely have been easier to understand and less complicated）。 But as much as I have truly enjoyed Tales From Shakespeare and do consider it a wonderful prose adaptation of and introduction to William Shakespeare’s comedies and tragedies （with most of the comedies being rendered by Mary Lamb and the tragedies by her brother Charles Lamb）， personally， I am also rather furious and flabbergasted that the Lambs have included neither ANY of the British history plays nor the so-called Roman dramas。 And since sadly and unfortunately， this shortcoming of course means that some of my very favourite Shakespeare plays， like Henry IV （parts one and two）， Henry V， Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra are therefore really and truly missing in action， I absolutely cannot and will not completely consider Tales From Shakespeare as a personal favourite and am indeed annoyed enough with regard to the British history and the Roman plays having been left out of Tales From Shakespeare that I will only be able to consider a three star ranking， a high three star rating no doubt and I do still highly recommend Tales From Shakespeare but the gaps， that certain types of Shakespeare plays are seemingly simply en masse being ignored by Charles and Mary Lamb， this does indeed rather majorly bother me。 And as a small caveat if parents are planning on using Tales From Shakespeare to introduce the Bard of Avon and his plays to their children， considering that Mary Lamb suffered from serious mental imbalances for most of her life and actually wrote her contributions to Tales From Shakespeare whilst incarcerated at a sanatorium because she had stabbed her mother to death， it might well be prudent to make sure that children are able to sufficiently handle this information before confronting them with this （and that yes， there also might indeed and actually be questions raised with regard to Mary Lamb’s matricide and for example if this equally might have affected Mary Lamb’s adaptations of Shakespeare）。 。。。more
Drake Sully
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Good for children！Although I found it quite hard to read back in 8th grade。 I believe this book should be recommended 10th grade onwards。
Kashif Nasir
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its really amazing
Charles Kee
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A great intro to the literature of ShakespeareAs a youngster， this prose version was my first introduction to the plays of Shakespeare。 It also served to introduce me to other works by Charles Lamb。 A very worthwhile read！
D。M。 Fletcher
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Famous and still readable This well known book could have been written yesterday。 The elegant but simple prose does justice to Shakespeare and is the best introduction you could have。
Prashant Hegde
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Best book to enter amazing literary world of The Shakespeare ！
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