About this title: "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet Classics
Date Published: 1986-11-01
ISBN-13:9780451523914ISBN:0451523911
Description: Good. One spine crease; minimal edge wear. Pages and cover tanning with age. Gift inscription inside front cover. NOT an ex-library book; no publisher's remainder marks. Military (APO/FPO) orders are welcomed-Thank you for your service. read more
Description: Rogers, Walter S. Fair. No Jacket. 8vo. {007843} Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb. Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers. Published by Grosset & Dunlap. HARD COVER 8vo Shakespeare {Book Condition} FAIR NO JACKET {Jacket Condition Details} missing. {Book Condition Details} Binding: a started front-hinge, slightly frayed ends, a started rear-hinge, Cover: dented corners, heavy edge wear, soiling, scuffing, Text: tanning, soiled page edge(s). read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1925
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo. {008029} Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb. Published by Houghton Mifflin in 1925. HARD COVER 8vo Shakespeare {Book Condition} GOOD NO JACKET {Jacket Condition Details} missing. {Book Condition Details} Binding: bumped ends, Cover: bumped corners, edge wear, minor soiling, rubbing, Text: cream colored pages, foxing on page edge(s). {Keywords} Riverside Press Cambridge. read more
"Shakespeare is so difficult to wade through. Charles and Mary Lamb took difficult language and made the stories accessible enough that my 6 year old and I have enjoyed getting to know these classics. Of course, we used Barbie dolls and stuff animals to represent all the different characters so that we wouldn't get completely lost, but still... :)
I'm blessed enough to have my grandmother's 1923 edition published by The MacMillan Company. Not sure if the illustrations the same as the original first edition from 1807, but definitely representative of older books."
"I vaguely recall some years ago Venezuela set up a government department called the Ministry of Love. The idea was to inculcate in poor women the understanding that their babies from the very moment they were born would respond to any stimuli. Poverty shouldn't stop mothers from giving their babies experience of smell and sound and touch and...
My parents certainly wanted that for us. Knowing how poor we were when I was little, I still marvel at the amazing opportunities they conjured up for us to experience so much of the world in an utterly non-judgmental fashion. There was nothing we wouldn't go to, car races or the football as readily as the art gallery or the library. But for me the best, the most wonderful thing we did, was theatre.
I was maybe seven, and the oldest of four children, when we went to our first Shakespeare. We were so lucky that my parents had a brilliant understanding of how to make this easy. We always read the story - Charles Lamb, of course - first and we'd discuss it.
Then my father would play a game with us. He knew quite a few Shakespeare plays by heart and we'd get to test him. Well, being the oldest and best at reading, I got the supporting role. I'd read a line from the play and he'd say who said it and when. He was always right, I'd be reduced to trying things like 'Halt' and we'd wait with breath bated while he decided if that was guard one or guard two. It was exciting!
Once we got there, we'd sit in the front row, entranced. How could Shakespeare not be the most wonderful thing after that start?"
"This is a good book for those of us who like Shakespeare, but have a hard time with his flowery writing. It's got all of the Shakespeare stories, but not the "ye olde english" writing."
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