Posted By EBear at Sun, 5:06 AM in Tales From Shakespeare || 1 Reply Any Help or Input would be greatly Appreciated. Was wanting to know if it is a misprint maybe or a limited edition or what. Same description as one above but it is autographed by Leigh Hunt, also no number/1000 approx 293 pages The only date i can find is after the introduction it says (1878) then A.A.Īlso I have Charles Lamb Letters deluxe ed. next page- EDITION DE LUX, One thousand copys of this edition have been printed for sale in America. It says edited with an introduction by Alfred Ainger. the corners of jacket are also red leather with some marble finish. It is Hard cover with Red leather binding and gold letters. The book is Tales form Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb Illustrated Deluxe Ed. Hi, Came here looking for a little help on a book I have. But all of the Lambs' stories-with their clear, supple, and rhythmic prose-reward any reader, whether encountering Shakespeare for the first time or revisiting his work.Ĭharles Lamb Tales From Shakespeare Deluxe Ed. As the authors point out in their Preface, their versions of the tragedies tend to rely on the language of the original plays, while the comedies are more freely adapted. Charles took responsibility for such powerful tragedies as Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear, while Mary worked on the comedies: brilliant fantasies like A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, and thought-provoking plays like Measure for Measure, Cymbeline, and The Merchant of Venice. Together the Lambs distilled the powerful themes and unforgettable characterizations of Shakespeare's plays into elegant narratives-classic tales in their own right. The two selected 20 of Shakespeare's best-known plays and set out both to make them accessible to children and to pay enthusiastic homage to the original works. No better introduction to William Shakespeare's dramatic masterpieces exists than the delightful prose adaptations of Charles and Mary Lamb, first published in 1807.
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