Escritos en pleno auge del movimiento romántico que caracterizó al siglo XIX, los Cuentos de Shakespeare son un clásico de la literatura anglosajona. Estas adaptaciones pretendían iniciar al lector en el universo shakesperiano...
Los autores, a comienzos del siglo XIX, pensaron que la mejor manera de dar a conocer a los lectores jóvenes el teatro de Shakespeare sería convertir en cuentos las famosas tragedias del inmortal escritor inglés. Con este fin cambiaro...
Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 - 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the childrenâs book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764-1847)....
Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 - 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the childrenâs book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764-1847)....
First published in 1807, âTales from Shakespeareâ is the classic retelling of Shakespeareâs plays by brother and sister duo Charles and Mary Lamb. All told twenty of Shakespeareâs...
This work was written as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, yet many find them of literary worth, as Shakespeare's best-loved plays, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and concise style.