This book contains in
narrative form the plays and dramas written by William Shakespeare, the world''s greatest dramatist, who staged his plays during the Elizabethan Era in England. Charles
lamb did the narrative prose of the tragedies; his sister
Mary Lamb worked on the comedies.
The book was written for immediate understanding of Shakespeare''s plays, for entertainment, and for education of pupils. The prose includes the Merchant of Venice with pretty, smart Portia as the learned doctor awarding the pound of flesh to Shylock the Jew, but warnign him not to add even one drop of blood to it; Romeo and Juliet, with its heart-breaking tragedy; The Winter''s tale, a beautiful story of Queen Hermione and her jealous husband King Leontes of Sicilia.
The summary of Love''s Labor Lost gives us an insight into the delightful humor and vivid dramatization which Shakespeare imparted into his plays. The Comedy of Errors is the story of identical
twin brothers with thier twin servants both named Dromio, whose likeness caused merry mixups for the wives of the Antipholus brothers.
Tales from Shakespeare has simplified the plots of the great dramatist''s histories, tragedies, and
comedies for the full appreciationof every lover of literature.
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