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As children, Charles and Mary Lamb took great delight in exploring their benefactor's extensive library; as adults they began writing children's books together that also appealed to all generations. In Tales of Shakespeare they wished to bring their favourite plays to life for children too ...

First published in 1807, these simple retellings of the plots of Shakespeare's plays have delighted generations of children. Shakespeare's own language is used as much as possible to accustom children to the English of the Elizabethan age.

A retelling of eighteen of Shakespeare's most loved plays.