Tales from Shakespeare

Charles Lamb (1775 - 1834) and Mary Lamb (1764 - 1847)

The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into our language since his time have been as far as possible avoided. (from the Author's Preface)

Genre(s): Children's Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Author's Preface Karen Savage
00:04:46
Play 01 The Tempest Karen Savage
00:21:21
Play 02 A Midsummer Night's Dream Karen Savage
00:21:36
Play 03 Winter's Tale Karen Savage
00:21:11
Play 04 Much Ado About Nothing Karen Savage
00:23:33
Play 05 As You Like It Karen Savage
00:29:33
Play 06 Two Gentlemen of Verona Karen Savage
00:22:55
Play 07 Merchant of Venice Karen Savage
00:24:36
Play 08 Cymbeline Karen Savage
00:23:19
Play 09 King Lear Karen Savage
00:27:20
Play 10 Macbeth Karen Savage
00:20:31
Play 11 All's Well That Ends Well Karen Savage
00:23:56
Play 12 Taming of the Shrew Karen Savage
00:19:56
Play 13 Comedy of Errors Karen Savage
00:24:55
Play 14 Measure for Measure Karen Savage
00:29:21
Play 15 Twelfth Night; or What You Will Karen Savage
00:25:11
Play 16 Timon of Athens Karen Savage
00:25:04
Play 17 Romeo and Juliet Karen Savage
00:33:02
Play 18 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Karen Savage
00:29:10
Play 19 Othello Karen Savage
00:25:16
Play 20 Pericles, Prince of Tyre Karen Savage
00:33:21