Tales from Shakespeare

Informationen zum Autor Charles and Mary Lamb Klappentext Celebrated prose retellings of Shakespeare's plays Charles and Mary Lamb have delighted generations of adults as well as children with their famed prose renderings of Shakespeare's originals. Bringing the plays to life in a form that encourages readers to enjoy and explore, Tales from Shakespeare provides an entertaining and informative introduction to the great works while retaining much of Shakespeare's lyricism, phrasing, and rhythm. It is a captivating work of Romantic storytelling as well as the original literary homage to the Bard. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung A collection of twenty of Shakespeare's stories which begins with "The Tempest", that explores themes of magic, power and reconciliation, and ends with "Pericles", "Prince of Tyre", an exotic play of love, loss and family ties. Each tale is told chronologically and retains much of Shakespeare's lyricism, phrasing and rhythm.

Product details

• Authors: Lamb, C Lamb, Charles Lamb, Charles And Mary Lamb, M Lamb, Mary Lamb, Marina Warner
• Assisted by: Marin Warner (Editor), Marina Warner (Editor), Marina Warner (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.04.2007
• EAN: 9780141441627
• ISBN: 978-0-14-144162-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Short Stories, DRAMA / Shakespeare, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary