{"product_id":"tales-from-shakespeare","title":"Tales from Shakespeare","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCharles \u0026amp; Mary Lamb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTales from Shakespeare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -- the highly influential and still highly popular children's book, intended to retell the stories of Shakespeare's most beloved plays in a way that is age appropriate for children but retains as much Shakespearean language as possible. Included in this collection are retellings of Shakespeare's most important works, including: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, 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, Timon of Athens, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The Lambs' work was among the most important efforts to popularize Shakespeare's works for a juvenile fiction audience, and it has remained in print ever since.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCharles Lamb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1775 – 1834) was an English essayist and poet, best known for his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEssays of Elia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and for the children's book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTales from Shakespeare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). Lamb was a central figure in 19th century English literary life, counting Coleridge, Southey, Wordsworth, Hazlitt and other prominent poets as his personal friends, and his work still attracts scholarly interest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMary Ann Lamb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1764 – 1847) was an English write, best known for her collaboration with her brother Charles on the collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTales from Shakespeare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Dane Books \u0026 Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44976300851500,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/danebooksandgifts.myshopify.com\/products\/tales-from-shakespeare","provider":"Dane Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}