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Grade 7 Up-An introduction to the plots of 20 of Shakespeare's plays by Charles and Mary Lamb. Narrated by Flo Gibson.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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Includes: The Tempest - A Midsummer Night's Dream - The Winter's Tale - Much Ado About Nothing - As You Like It - Cymbeline - The Two Gentlemen of Verona - The Merchant of Venice - King Lear - Macbeth - All's Well that Ends Well - The Taming of the Shrew - The Comedy of Errors - Measure for Measure - Twelfth Night - Timon of Athens - Romeo and Juliet - Hamlet - Othello - Pericles

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1.0 out of 5 stars Archaic language, Mar 27 2003

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Scott Walker (Boise, ID USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Puffin Classics Tales From Shakespeare (Mass Market Paperback)

Boring for the adult, utterly inaccesible to the young reader.

Note that this book was written in 1807. If your goal is to expand your child's vocabulary, especially in the direction of archaisms, this might be a useful study text. If your goal is to teach your child to love literature and theatre, this could deal a ... blow to the effort.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Tales from Shakespeare, Jun 7 2002

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This review is from: Tales from Shakespeare: Children's Classics (Hardcover)

Tales from Shakespeare was one of the few books that attracted me by its title. I've heard a lot about William Shakespeare, however, I never really got to listen or read his stories. I think they're really special because everyone knows who he is and they say his stories are wonderful.
In this book, there are many, many stories, so I decided to read two of them I was interested in: ¡�The Tempest¡ and ¡�A Midsummer Night's Dream¡. But I'll only tell you about The Tempest.
The Tempest was the first story of the book. It was about a man and his daughter, Miranda, a young girl living on an island with spirits, and no other humans. However, before they decided to side there, there lived before them, a witch name Sycorax. She prisoned all the good spirits, including the leader, Ariel. When Miranda's father decided to side on the island, he defeated Sycorax, and Ariel, as the head of all good spirits promised to serve Miranda's father in any way he can.
As Miranda grew older, she became more beautiful. Her father thought that it was time for her to get married. He sent Ariel to carry Fernando, a prince to marry his daughter. At first, he was so angry at Miranda's father for doing such a thing, but once he saw Miranda, he decided to marry her. As they were getting married, Miranda's father had some revenge on his brother.
What I like about this book is that, Shakespeare has a lot of good ideas.
What I dislike about this book, is that, his stories are too confusing for me to understand. And every time I finish a story, I don't see the point of it.
But I really enjoy reading his stories though.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Does the Job, Mar 20 2001

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This review is from: Tales from Shakespeare: Children's Classics (Hardcover)

Good didactic summaries, suitable for cramming information into your head long enough to comprehend what's going on in your teenager's high school English class. More often than not, it will be modernized versions of Shakespeare, with modern weapons and other interpretive gloss. This keeps the story straight. But reading the basic stories in stripped down prose almost kills them. So what. It's enough for info-abosrption. Read it if you have to. If you want to read Shakespeare, on the other hand, read it like he wrote it.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A nice read for children
As a younger person in the nineties, I dipped into the plays of Shakespeare, and this book let me get into the classic stuff. Read more

Published on May 31 2003 by Ufowriter

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Introduction to Shakespeare for Kids
I love this book! I have always loved Shakespeare and wanted my children to enjoy the bard as well. Read more

Published on Jan 18 2001 by Karen Highland