Tales From Shakespeare. Puffin Clothbound Classics - Hardcover

Lamb, Charles; Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241425115 ISBN 13: 9780241425114

Verlag: Penguin Books, 2020

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The perfect introduction to Shakespeare for younger readers, Tales From Shakespeare explores twenty of the bard's greatest plays. Named as one of The Guardian's best 100 non-fiction books, each play has been carefully adapted for children of all ages.

Beautifully illustrated and cloth bound, this edition is the perfect keepsake for the whole family.

This classic volume includes:
· A Midsummer's Night's Dream
· Much Ado About Nothing
· As you Like It
· King Lear
· Macbeth
· Twelfth Night
· Romeo and Juliet
· Hamlet
and more.

Crafted by renowned writers and essayists of the 18th century, siblings Charles and Mary Lamb. Tales From Shakespeare vividly bring to life the power of Shakespeare's stories with wit and wisdom.

'First published in 1807, and never out of print, these stories, adapted from 20 of Shakespeare's plays, are clever and powerful summaries designed to provide children with enough plot and characterisation to allow them to understand the plays themselves when they later see or read the authentic versions.' - Independent

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9780241663554 The Jungle Book
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9780241688243 Little Women
9780241688250 Peter Pan
9780241688267 The Railway Children
9780241688236 Chinese Cinderella
9780241411216 Treasure Island
9780241411209 The Wizard of Oz
9780241655702 Watership Down
9780241663578 The Worst Witch
9780241663547 David Copperfield
9780241663561 The Neverending Story
9780241623909 Stig of the Dump
9780241623916 The Dark is Rising
9780241411162 The Secret Garden
9780241411148 Black Beauty
9780241411155 Dracula
9780241425121 Frankenstein
9780241425138 Wuthering Heights
9780241425114 Tales from Shakespeare
9780241425107 Tales of the Greek Heroes
9780241411193 A Christmas Carol
9780241621196 Grimms' Fairy Tales
9780241425145 Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

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Charles Lamb (Author)
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.

Mary Lamb (Author)
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.

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These tales are the perfect introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays. Renowned writers and essayists of the 18th century, siblings Charles and Mary Lamb vividly bring to life the power of Hamlet and Othello, the fun of As You Like It and the drama of Pericles. Their accessible writing never loses the feel of Shakespeare's beautiful language and humanity, and convey all of his wit and wisdom. These tales are classic literature in their own right.

Puffin Clothbound Classics is a series of much-loved stories from classic literature for children and adults, brought together in beautiful hardback volumes.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• ISBN 10: 0241425115
• ISBN 13: 9780241425114
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar