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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Revisit the stories of King Lear, Romeo, Juliet, and Othello and many mother in Charles and Mary Lamb¿s Tales From Shakespeare. Originally intended for the use of ¿young persons, ¿ this collection offers twenty tales of comedy and tragedy from the world¿s most famous playwright faithfully and respectfully retold for budding readers.
Revisit the stories of King Lear, Romeo, Juliet, and Othello and many mother in Charles and Mary Lamb¿s Tales From Shakespeare. Originally intended for the use of ¿young persons, ¿ this collection offers twenty tales of comedy and tragedy from the world¿s most famous playwright faithfully and respectfully retold for budding readers.
In the year 1807, The brother-sister duo of Charles and Mary Lamb wrote tales from Shakespeare, a retelling of the greatest plays of William Shakespeare. This children's book was an attempt to make Shakespeare's famous plays familiar to young people. The language used was simple and made the plays relatable to both adults and children. Charles and Mary Lamb divided the writing responsibilities between themselves. While Mary wrote comedies like...
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.
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.
There was a certain island in the sea, the only inhabitants of which were an old man, whose name was Prospero, and his daughter Miranda, a very beautiful young lady. She came to this island so young, that she had no memory of having seen any other human face than her father's.
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...