All Shakespeare's Tales: Tales From Shakespeare By Charles And Mary Lamb And Tales From Shakespeare By Winston Stokes

by Charles Lamb, Winston Stokes, Mary Lamb

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Genres: Shakespeare, Classics

492 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1911

About the author

Charles Lamb was an English essayist with Welsh heritage, best known for his "Essays of Elia" and for the children's book "Tales from Shakespeare", which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).

Reviews

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 4 or maybe 5

My mother was given this 1911 retelling of Shakespeare's tales when she was a child, and it still rests on her shelves. When we emptied the bookcase for its annual spring cleaning, Mom would tell us that she had read a couple of the tales, but she never read any of them to us. Nor did she say anything about enjoying the tales.

When I was in high school, and Shakespeare appeared on our reading lists, I'd pull out this volume and pre-read the assigned plays. It was a handy reference, much like a dictionary. So, yes, this book served a purpose, but I never read any of it for pleasure. I came away with the belief that Shakespeare was intended for older and wiser readers.

[Maryam · Rating 3 out of 5]

الگوی تکراری داستان‌های کمتر شنیده شده، بیانگر شرایط عصر تاریخی حاکم بوده اما متاسفانه برای من کمی کسل‌کننده شد.
ولی در عین حال، در همین الگوها داستان‌های لیرشاه، مکبث، اتللو، هاملت، کمدی اشتباهات و رومئو و ژولیت بسیار دل‌انگیز بود!

[Aisley Keating · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars 🌟

[Aviva · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a nice way for me to learn the plots of some of Shakespeare's plays. I wished that the comedy and tragedy were more mixed, instead of clumps of comedy and clumps of tragedy.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This would be a good way to introduce kids to Shakespeare. Obviously the real thing is 1000 times but good for a recap of the plays. I don't always agree with the interpretation, but that happens in many plays produced as well.

[Jas · Rating 4 out of 5]

i always desired to read Shakespeare's compositions . i particularly liked Othello and Hamlet.but the stories lacked explanation . i guess it would be more interesting in plays . i also liked the mid night summer.