Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Excellent book to recap on a shakespeare play or to read along with. "

" Overall, I wasn't particularly impressed with this book. The online description made it sound more interesting than it was. Granted, it is an excellent way to quickly come to grips with the basic plots of most of Shakespeare's plays. However, I can think of better ways to learn about Shakespeare than to read a collection of longwinded summaries. Worth a look but not that great in the end. "

" This book was a good introduction to some of the plays I haven't read yet and a good review of those I have studied. "

" We use this book as a resource when reading Shakespeare plays. "

" Dense, dry, and difficult to follow. I can't imagine how this book became so popular. There must be better options out there. "

" This was the only form of Shakespeare I could tolerate to read. I wish I still had my copy! "

" Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb (2006) "

" aaah oh now I get it "

" I've had this book for like five years and have yet to finish all the stories in here. Pathetic. "

" Just right for family reading time, both to enjoy the stories and to learn about them prior to viewing a stage performance or movie version. "

" Read it last year. We read A Midsummer night's dream Hamlet and a few others. Now he wants to read Macbeth. "

" readable to kids and adults! "

" I'm reading this to the kids to familiarize them with the plays of Shakespeare. We read one every couple of weeks. "

" Beautifully written and a great introduction to the plays. "

" I have copies of this book on each coast - in the hopes of reading stories to my niece and nephew if I can get them to sit still long enough. "

" This is an amazing book because Charles and Mary Lamb make Shakespeare obtainable if the language is perceived as difficult to understand. They bring the stories alive! This book created mt love or Shakespeare and gave me an idea of how to approach the original books "

" One of the best books to lead any young person into the plays of Shakespeare beautifully. I loved these as a child and it has been fun reading them to my kids. Its still as fresh now as I remember it. A joy. "

" These retellings make me want to re-read the plays, and see the ones that I have missed. "

" My first introduction to Shakespeare as a small child and it was such a good way to read the stories "

" This is the copy I bought for my children in 1976 which is a fascsimile of the 1909 Edition and is illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Whenever I attend a Shakespearn play, I not only read the play, but read Charles & Mary Lamb's synopsis. It's a great resource. "

" such a great book! easy to read because they limit the amount of dialogue in it. easy to understand. "

" Great for introducing Shakespeare to children. "

" This re-taling of Shakespeare classics is great. I enjoy reading them to my chilren. They are shortened a lot but the language is not over-simplified. The book was written in 1807 and a lot of the wording is directly from the original plays so my younger children don't understand everything. "

" This is a wonderful little book. The language of 19th century England is so beautiful. This book contains brief synopses of all of Shakespeare's major plays, written in Elizabethan English. Gorgeous! "

" One of my very favorite books in elementary school. In retrospect, this explains a lot about me. "

" this is a very good pre-shakespeare book for kids. the tales are told in a story line instead of a play scrpt, so i find it easier to follow!:) it is also a good read-aloud. "

" It wasn't a bad introduction to Shakespeare when I was a kid. Even though I'm not a big fan of abridgments or adaptations, I felt like this was okay. "