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Tales from Shakespeare

by Charles Lamb
Mary Lamb
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Discover Shakespeare's best-loved plays with this fantastic, unabridged and downloadable audiobook edition of Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, read by Alan Cumming, Juliet Stevenson, Nigel Davenport and Andrew Sachs.
A perfect introduction for all ages to the breadth and beauty of Shakespeare's work. Tales from Shakespeare has become a classic work in its own right. The tales bring vividly to life the power of Hamlet and Macbeth, the fun of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and the drama of The Tempest. Blending detailed narrative with original dialogue and poetic language, they fully convey the wit, wisdom and imagination of Shakespeare's magnificent plays.
Includes King Lear, The Tempest, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Measure for Measure.

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  • Release date

    May 27, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780141966366
      • File size: 112895 KB
      • Duration: 03:55:11

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1390
    • Text Difficulty: 12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The Lambs's TALES is the granddaddy of all Cliffs Notes and may be the only one that qualifies in its own right as a work of literature. These narrative retellings of 18 of Shakespeare's plays don't attempt to reproduce the plays' structure or dramatic qualities, but recast the stories into narrative form with freedom and dexterity. Sean Pratt's easy narrative voice is an excellent vehicle for the Lambs's subdued storybook tone, and he paces the stories superbly, grasping the strategy of the Lambs's retellings--that they are not synopses, but genuine retellings of the plays, and therefore demand a voice both loyal to and free from Shakespeare's. The tales, each about half an hour's listening time, are perfect for the clueless student or for broadening a listener's background in Shakespeare beyond a few familiar plays. D.A.W. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1390
  • Text Difficulty:12

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