Tales from Shakespeare
by Lamb, Charles; Lamb, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Poor dust jacket; Boards rubbed, rear boards dampstained, some smudges in text, jacket heavily tattered and soiled with
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35262
- Title
- Tales from Shakespeare
- Author
- Lamb, Charles; Lamb, Mary
- Illustrator
- Louis Rhead
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Poor dust jacket; Boards rubbed, rear boards dampstained, some smudges in text, jacket heavily tattered and soiled with
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- Classic Literature, SHAKESPEARE, Shakespeareana, Illustrated Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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