Tales from Shakespeare
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Chapters (24)
- TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
- CHARLES AND MARY LAMB PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- THE TEMPEST A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM THE WINTER'S TALE MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING AS YOU LIKE IT THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA THE MERCHANT OF VENICE CYMBELINE KING LEAR MACBETH ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL THE TAMING OF THE SHREW THE COMEDY OF ERRORS MEASURE FOR MEASURE TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL TIMON OF ATHENS ROMEO AND JULIET HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK OTHELLO PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE
- THE TEMPEST
- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
- THE WINTER'S TALE
- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
- AS YOU LIKE IT
- THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
- CYMBELINE
- KING LEAR
- MACBETH
- ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
- THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
- THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
- MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
- TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL
- TIMON OF ATHENS
- ROMEO AND JULIET
- HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK
- OTHELLO
- PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE
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