Tales from Shakespeare

The following Tales in the Book are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent are has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into our language since his time have been as far as possible avoided.

- THE TEMPEST
- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
- THE WINTER'S TALE
- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
- AS YOU LIKE IT
- THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
- CYMBELINE
- KING LEAR
- MACBETH
- ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
- THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
- THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
- MEASURE FOR MEASURE
- TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL
- TIMON OF ATHENS
- ROMEO AND JULIET
- HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK
- OTHELLO
- PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE.

In those tales which have been taken from the Tragedies, the young readers will perceive, when they come to see the source from which these stories are derived, that Shakespeare's own words, with little alteration, recur very frequently in the narrative as well as in the dialogue; but in those made from the Comedies the writers found themselves scarcely ever able to turn his words into the narrative form: therefore it is feared that, in them, dialogue has been made use of too frequently for young people not accustomed to the dramatic form of writing. But this fault, if it be a fault, has been caused by an earnest wish to give as much of Shakespeare's own words as possible.

Publisher - E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books

Author(s) - Charles Lamb | Mary Lamb

Paperback

Published Date - April 28 2024

ISBN - 9786256310148

Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm

Page Count - 343