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Title details for Lamb's Tales From Shakespeare by Charles Lamb - Available

Lamb's Tales From Shakespeare

by Charles Lamb
Martin Jarvis
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Have you ever seen a Shakespeare play and come away without fully understanding it? Or wished you had known the basis of the plot before seeing a play by Shakespeare? Are you studying Shakespeare? Would you like to increase your knowledge of the plays without reading the originals? Then these are probably the recordings for you... Brother and sister team Charles and Mary Lamb originally wrote these stories for children in 1807 based on Shakespeare's most famous plays. Their success was immediate and their appeal quickly extended to an adult readership. This lively and accessible audio is compelling listening for all the family, and will prove a great resource and inspiration to students, scholars and newcomers to the Bard alike - in short, everybody who enjoys a really good story beautifully told.
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Publisher: Canongate Books Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781907416859
  • File size: 141158 KB
  • Release date: October 16, 2007
  • Duration: 04:54:04

Formats

OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Classic Literature Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Text Difficulty:6-12

Have you ever seen a Shakespeare play and come away without fully understanding it? Or wished you had known the basis of the plot before seeing a play by Shakespeare? Are you studying Shakespeare? Would you like to increase your knowledge of the plays without reading the originals? Then these are probably the recordings for you... Brother and sister team Charles and Mary Lamb originally wrote these stories for children in 1807 based on Shakespeare's most famous plays. Their success was immediate and their appeal quickly extended to an adult readership. This lively and accessible audio is compelling listening for all the family, and will prove a great resource and inspiration to students, scholars and newcomers to the Bard alike - in short, everybody who enjoys a really good story beautifully told.
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Classic Literature Fiction