Tales from Shakespeare
$25.73
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
19 June 2007
Summary
As children, Charles and Mary Lamb took great delight in exploring their benefactor’s extensive library; as adults they began writing children’s books together that also appealed to all generations. In Tales of Shakespeare they wished to bring their favourite plays to life for children too young to read and appreciate Shakespeare’s work.
This collection of twenty of Shakespeare’s stories begins with The Tempest, which explores themes of magic, power and reconciliatio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141441627 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141441623 |
| Author: | Mary Lamb, Marina Warner, Charles Lamb |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 19 June 2007 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 129mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Mary Lamb
Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist, 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.
Marina Warner is a prize-winning writer of fiction, criticism, and history; her works include novels and short stories as well as studies of female myths and symbols. Her recent books include The Leto Bundle (2001), Signs & Wonders- Essays on Literature and Culture (2003), and Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds- Ways of Telling the Self (2004).
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