Tales from Shakespeare is an english children39;s book written by Charles Lamb with his sister Mary Lamb in 1807. The book quot;reduced the archaic English and complicated storyline of Shakespeare to a simple level that children could read and comprehend.quot; However, quot;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 storyquot;
Mary Lamb was responsible for the comedies, while Charles wrote the tragedies; they wrote the preface between them. today the Tales still serve to introduce children to the stories of Shakespeare, and all adults to learn the stories of the plays as well. They also provide a useful and accurate synopsis for the student. Plays included are his most famous like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Twelfth Night, a Midsummernights39; Dream and more.