Tales from Shakespeare

In the twenty tales told in this book, Charles & Mary Lamb succeeded inparaphrasing the language of truly adult literature in children's terms.Let us not underestimate young readers: they love a complex story withmany and varied characters, twists of plot, and turns of fate as much asanyone — but they draw the line at reading in unfamiliar language.The Lambs provide a real feast of plain fare, and flavor it with as manytasty tidbits of Shakespearean language as they felt the young readercould easily digest. This deluxe Children's Classic edition is producedwith high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-colorcovers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate. Some of the other titlesin this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, King Arthurand His Knights, Little Women, and Treasure Island.