Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
"Tales from Shakespeare" is a collection of 20 of Shakespeare's plays, condensed into easily digestible stories. The book aims to make Shakespeare's works more accessible to the younger audience, with the retellings maintaining the original plotlines but simplifying the language and including narrative explanations. The stories range from tragedies like "Macbeth" and "Romeo and Juliet" to comedies like "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Tempest," offering a comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare's work.
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