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Tales from Shakespeare
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  • Published: 27 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141966366
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $14.99

Tales from Shakespeare

Formats & editions
Paperback
13 May 2025
Hardback
17 May 2022
EBook
4 Feb 2010
EBook
19 June 2007
Audiobook
27 May 2010
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Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child

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.
  • Published: 27 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141966366
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $14.99
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About the authors

Mary Lamb

Mary Ann Lamb (3 December 1764 – 20 May 1847) was an English writer, the sister and collaborator of Charles Lamb. She is best known today for her collaboration with Charles on the collection Tales from Shakespeare.

 

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Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb.

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Charles Lamb And Mary Lamb

Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb.

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