Tales from Shakespeare (Yesterday's Classics) - Softcover

Lamb, Charles And Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599151731 ISBN 13: 9781599151731

Publisher: Yesterday's Classics, 2007

Synopsis

First published in 1807, these simple retellings of the plots of Shakespeare's plays have delighted generations of children, while serving as an excellent introduction to the dramas of our greatest playwright. Shakespeare's own language is used as much as possible to accustom children to the English of the Elizabethan age and so make easier their transition to the reading of the plays themselves. Numerous black and white illustrations by Louis Rhead complement the text. Suitable for ages 10 and up.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Lamb (1775 – 1834) was an English writer and essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). He also wrote a number of poems, and was part of a literary circle in England, along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, whom he befriended. He has been referred to by E. V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as "the most lovable figure in English literature".

About this edition

• Publisher: Yesterday's Classics
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1599151731
• ISBN 13: 9781599151731
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464
• Illustrator: Rhead Louis