The daughter Macbeth might have had, if Shakespeare had thought to create her…
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Oct 22, 2010
Laura
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I need this book so badly. I love this author and I can't wait!
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Aug 04, 2011
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After reading Romeo's Ex: Rosaline’s Story I actively sought retellings of Shakespeare’s plays. Lady Macbeth’s Daughter was one of the first titles I came across and to be honest, it was the one I was most excited about reading. I am a huge fan of Macbeth and was overjoyed to find that my local library had the title.
First of all, being familiar with the play helps with the reading but isn’t necessary. I More...
After reading Romeo's Ex: Rosaline’s Story I actively sought retellings of Shakespeare’s plays. Lady Macbeth’s Daughter was one of the first titles I came across and to be honest, it was the one I was most excited about reading. I am a huge fan of Macbeth and was overjoyed to find that my local library had the title.
First of all, being familiar with the play helps with the reading but isn’t necessary. I More...
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Feb 19, 2010
Tara
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This was pretty good for a YA novel. It is a version of William Shakespeare's MacBeth as told from the viewpoint of Macbeth's and Lady Macbeth's daughter if she had existed. It goes back and forth from Albia, the daughter (who was thrown to the wolves for being a cripple), and Grelach aka Lady MacBeth. Readers will see how MacBeth wrongfully attains the kingship of Scotland and how Grelach assisted him. There is a rebellion among the thanes as MacBeth starts to lose his mind due to the guilt
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Jul 26, 2011
After having the role of a Weird Sister in my high school's performance of Macbeth, I am pretty much drawn to anything that has to do with the play. I picked this book up and was really excited that there was a YA novel about it. This book did not disappoint... I love how the author weaved elements and even actual lines from the play into the story. She created a new character and successfully managed to incorporate them into the story, while giving it her own twist. She made the Weird Siste
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May 01, 2010
Books and Literature for Teens
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My first Klein book was Two Girls of Gettysburg. The end was breathtaking. Lady MacBeth's Daughter? An absolute masterpiece. I think Shakespeare would be happy to know that Macbeth is being enjoyed by teens once again. Filled with emotion and a exciting dramatic climax, Klein has done it again with this historical and mythical tale of Scotland's murderous king. Aliba, our heroine, is faced with a series of difficult choices; with every decision, the plot takes a another nail-biting turn. I love
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Mar 06, 2010
Wally
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In Shakespeare’s tragedy, the Macbeths are childless, although Lady Macbeth makes reference to having nursed a baby; the premise of this book is that Lady Macbeth gave birth to a girl, who was promptly rejected by Macbeth because he desired a son and heir to the throne. The girl, Albia, is raised by the three Wyrd sisters and eventually makes her way back into the court, not knowing who her parents are until quite late. Specific lines from the play are woven seamlessly into the novel whenever
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Oct 25, 2009
The Dreamer Reader
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The Good: I usually stay away from historical fiction, but Lady Macbeth's Daughter wanted to change my mind about the genre. It was wonderfully written and so enjoyable to read.
I loved how the author added more depth to the characters and all of them were well developed and not boring what-so-ever.
Albia is a fantastic main character and definitely my favorite character in the whole book. Seriously, I just wanted to give her a huge hug just because she was just so kick-ass More...
I loved how the author added more depth to the characters and all of them were well developed and not boring what-so-ever.
Albia is a fantastic main character and definitely my favorite character in the whole book. Seriously, I just wanted to give her a huge hug just because she was just so kick-ass More...
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Sep 29, 2011
Kay
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A recreation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth but with a twist.
The way that Klein tells the story, radiates a sort of lyrical and archaic sense, delivering a completing texture to the era of the story.
The changing perspectives from Albia, to Lady Macbeth is effective as it allows readers to understand the story form varying perspectives.
However, a major criticism I would like to point out is towards the ending, there are so many unanswered questions, such as: Does Fleance and Albia e More...
The way that Klein tells the story, radiates a sort of lyrical and archaic sense, delivering a completing texture to the era of the story.
The changing perspectives from Albia, to Lady Macbeth is effective as it allows readers to understand the story form varying perspectives.
However, a major criticism I would like to point out is towards the ending, there are so many unanswered questions, such as: Does Fleance and Albia e More...
Feb 21, 2010
Kim
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Aug 13, 2009
Jemima
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In Lady Macbeth's Daughter Lisa Klein has written a beautiful story that is based on Shakespeare's Macbeth. She has imagined her tale based upon the idea of a lost daughter banished by Macbeth and raised by three sisters in the Wychelm Wood. Named Albia, this young girl does not know her true parents or the strange circumstances surrounding her origins. As she grows into her teenage years, Albia begins to piece together information about her past. It is difficult for her to come to terms with th
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Feb 09, 2012
Terri
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A very well written take on the Macbeth story. Using many of the lines from the play, the book offers the idea that Lady Macbeth gave birth to a daughter who had to be raised in secret, with even her own mother being told that she was dead.
The weird sisters play a vital role in this retelling though I don't believe in posting spoilers so it's down to you to read and find out exactly where they come into the story.
I'd class this as a must read for anyone who loves the story o More...
The weird sisters play a vital role in this retelling though I don't believe in posting spoilers so it's down to you to read and find out exactly where they come into the story.
I'd class this as a must read for anyone who loves the story o More...
May 19, 2010
ivana
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Essentially, a well-thought-out, well-written version of Macbeth, with artistic license.
Klein introduces the character of Albia, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's daughter, thought to be dead after being left out for the wolves by Macbeth, and is told by hers and Lady Macbeth's point of view. Many of the chacters are altered: Lady Macbeth does actually contain a shred of compassion in her heart, and most of the characters are developed more fully, with background information!
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Klein introduces the character of Albia, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's daughter, thought to be dead after being left out for the wolves by Macbeth, and is told by hers and Lady Macbeth's point of view. Many of the chacters are altered: Lady Macbeth does actually contain a shred of compassion in her heart, and most of the characters are developed more fully, with background information!
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Aug 24, 2010
Danielle
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Since I had already gotten this from the library, I thought that I might as well continue the MacBeth theme, since I liked the other book. I've read the first few chapters and this one is also quite readable and interesting, though different from Enter 3 Witches.
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Not a bad book, but it dragged a bit in the second half and felt a little padded (since you know where the story is going, I sorta wanted her to get there already). It's well researched, which I liked, and More...
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Not a bad book, but it dragged a bit in the second half and felt a little padded (since you know where the story is going, I sorta wanted her to get there already). It's well researched, which I liked, and More...
Jul 18, 2009
Kristin
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From the author of Ophelia comes a new twist on a Shakespearean classic: Lady Macbeth’s Daughter. In Lisa Klein’s take on Macbeth, Lady Macbeth bears a deformed child – a girl, nonetheless. When Macbeth casts away his child, Albia, his wife mourns and a serving woman, Rhuven, along with her sisters (coincidently the witches), takes the baby in, treating her like a daughter. Albia grows up with no knowledge of her rightful birth mother, while Lady Macbeth continues to grieve for the daughter she
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Aug 17, 2009
Worthingteens
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"The daughter Macbeth might have had, if Shakespeare had thought to create her." A powerful re-imagining of MacBeth. Albia, daughter of Macbeth, is born with a deformed leg and cast out to the wolves to die. What MacBeth and his wife do not know is that Albia is saved by Lady Macbeth's serving woman, Rhuven, who takes Albia to live with her sisters. Fifteen years pass until King Duncan is murdered. When Albia learns the truth about her birth parents and that they murdered the king in o
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Feb 08, 2011
Amy
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This is the second book that I have read by Lisa Klein. the first was her re-telling of Hamlet through Ophelia's eyes and I wasn't sure if I wanted to read another Shakespeare make-over. I almost gave this book three stars because i didn't love the story when told by anyone other than Shakespeare.It seemed a little bit dark and gory, but without the brilliant and beautiful verse that makes Shakespeare's version wonderful. I didn't think the writing was that great and at times I just craved to ju
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Oct 11, 2009
Sara
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Macbeth was never my favorite play by Shakespeare, but, after reading Lady Macbeth's Daughter, I have a newfound respect for the story. I really think that Albia made the story for me - Lisa Klein wrote Albia so perfectly that I can't believe Shakespeare left her out!
Albia was an amazing addition to Macbeth's original cast. Not only was is a resilient and strong female lead, she shows the perfect blend of characteristics one would expect her to have inherited through her birth paren More...
Albia was an amazing addition to Macbeth's original cast. Not only was is a resilient and strong female lead, she shows the perfect blend of characteristics one would expect her to have inherited through her birth paren More...
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Nov 12, 2011
Anne
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Albia is a daughter of Scotland.
Raised on the heath by three women who keep the old ways, her greatest joy is chasing the lambs with her friend Colum.
But all is not right in Scotland.
And Albia knows, perhaps better than anyone, who is to blame.
Macbeth. His greed. His covetousness. His willingness to commit murder.
What Albia doesn’t know is that she is his daughter.
And she may one day pay the price for his sins.
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Raised on the heath by three women who keep the old ways, her greatest joy is chasing the lambs with her friend Colum.
But all is not right in Scotland.
And Albia knows, perhaps better than anyone, who is to blame.
Macbeth. His greed. His covetousness. His willingness to commit murder.
What Albia doesn’t know is that she is his daughter.
And she may one day pay the price for his sins.
An original spin on Shakespeare’s dark More...
Jun 05, 2011
Hallie
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From my LJ write-up, which was rather concerned with other matters as well. (In other words, short but still managing to be all over the place.)
I think the premise - that Lady M had a daughter, and was driven mad by grief of losing her, (all that nasty Macbeth's doing, obsessed as he was with having a son) long before she went mad from guilt - is an interesting one. Whether you go the old-fashioned way and consider Macbeth a story of pure evil unleashed or all-out Marxist criticism an More...
I think the premise - that Lady M had a daughter, and was driven mad by grief of losing her, (all that nasty Macbeth's doing, obsessed as he was with having a son) long before she went mad from guilt - is an interesting one. Whether you go the old-fashioned way and consider Macbeth a story of pure evil unleashed or all-out Marxist criticism an More...
Mar 28, 2011
Holly
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I love a good spin-off of Shakespeare. I mean, Shakespeare is great and all, but I have a hard time keeping my attention on it, especially if it's one of his tragedies. I'm better with his comedies. And I read Macbeth in my English class last year and thought it was cool. So I really wanted to read it from Albia's point of view.
Albia is the daughter of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, born soon after they are married. Macbeth, wanting sons, is very displeased with the fact that his chi More...
Albia is the daughter of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, born soon after they are married. Macbeth, wanting sons, is very displeased with the fact that his chi More...
Aug 06, 2011
Sarah
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As with Ophelia, one of Lisa Klein's other young adult fiction books, I absolutely adored this book and never wanted it to end. Like Enter Three Witches, a novel by Caroline B. Cooney that is also amazing on many levels, this book retells the story of Macbeth from the perspective of an invented character, Albia, daughter of the MacBeths (abandoned at birth for being female), who blends in almost seemlessly with the original story. With interesting chapters from the perspective of Grelach (an inv
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Nov 29, 2009
Katie
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I haven't read a whole lot of really good historical books recently so I just figured this would be another one to add to that list. Boy was I wrong! Lady Macbeth's Daughter was probably one of the best historical books I have ever read! =]
I started Lady Macbeth's Daughter already knowing the story of Macbeth. I don't think it's necessary but it was really fun to compare this new take with the original. Surprisingly they don't differ that much, except for the daughter, obviously. It More...
I started Lady Macbeth's Daughter already knowing the story of Macbeth. I don't think it's necessary but it was really fun to compare this new take with the original. Surprisingly they don't differ that much, except for the daughter, obviously. It More...
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Jul 04, 2009
Rebecca
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In this novel, set in 11th century Scotland, author Lisa Klein starts with the premise that Macbeth and his wife had a baby daughter, born with a deformed leg, and that Macbeth in his anger that she was not the healthy son he longed for, left the infant to die. Lady Macbeth, not much more than a girl herself in a time when women had no power, was helpless to stop him, and grieves for the loss of her daughter as well as the subsequent pregnancies she loses, believing herself cursed.
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Mar 26, 2011
Emma
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This was a very fun read. I really enjoyed the play Macbeth so when I saw this book at Borders, I knew I had to check it out. When I started reading this book, I was hooked.
I loved Albia's character. She was very independant and it was amazing that despite being a woman, she still wants to kill her father who killed many innocent people. The adventure was so interesting and I was very interested in how the author portrayed the "witches".
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I loved Albia's character. She was very independant and it was amazing that despite being a woman, she still wants to kill her father who killed many innocent people. The adventure was so interesting and I was very interested in how the author portrayed the "witches".
I was a bit dissappointed with the en More...
Feb 18, 2011
Cathrine
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Based More on actual Scottish Lore and celtic mystisim than on Shakspeare's play script this book draws out The Bards play over a span of sixteen years. The story follows the life of Albia the rejected daughter Macbeth (and ony rejected because she was a daghter and not a son) who is then raised by three weird sisters (their strange prdictions being the only thing salveged from Shakspeare's play)who seem to have taken it as their lifes mission to sway the fate of Scotland's rulers.
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Apr 23, 2011
I've been trying to read this book since Christmas.... I really like it and I think it's well-written, but I just can't get past the way she portrays some of the characters from Shakespeare's Macbeth. I just read his play, and I don't agree at all with the way she chose to write Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It annoys me. But I'm very slowly making progress and maybe I'll finish it. I read her book Ophelia, however, in a few days. Loved loved LOVED it.
Mar 31, 2010
Donna
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My daughter bought this book, because she loves to cry. This author has taken Shakespeare's books and made heroines out of the female characters from his original plays. "Ophelia" came before this book and did not disappoint. Both books provide the grief and dispair Shakespeare was so fond of yet made the young woman a heroine which the young ladies of today love to read about. Young readers may decide to pick up Shakespeare's plays after reading Lisa Klein's books.
Dec 02, 2010
Jessica
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I enjoyed reading Lady Macbeth's Daughter almost as much as I enjoyed reading Ophelia. I liked it so much I managed to read it in less than a week. It has romance, suspense, murder, and fights. It is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth. However in this story, Macbeth has a daughter who, born with a bad leg, he orders to have killed. His wife's servant manages to save her and she and her sisters raise the child.
May 13, 2010
Cen
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I confess this book rather disappointed me. The writing was alright and the main character started out promising... but I just could not get into the story. I suspect this is more due to the characterization of Macbeth and his wife. Without giving anything away, I will just say that this interpretation did not paint them particularly well. This is far from the worst book I've ever read, but I did not enjoy it.
May 13, 2010
Courtney
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I loved Ophelia by Lisa Klein but I like Macbeth much more than Hamlet, so this book really struck a chord for me. I felt that she painted the primitive warring culture of Scotland in this period extremely well, and her author notes at the end of the book bears out the extent of her research. I'm not sure that I 100% like the protagonist all the time, but she's a well drawn character and a feisty warrior.
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