Mary Ann Lamb Bücher

Nacherzählungen der 20 wichtigsten Komödien und Tragödien des grossen Dichters.

This collection features prose adaptations of 20 of Shakespeare's plays, specifically tailored for children and young readers. Charles Lamb crafted six tragedies, while Mary Lamb wrote the preface and adapted 14 comedies and histories. Published in 1807, the book made Shakespeare's works accessible to a younger audience and significantly boosted the literary reputations of both siblings. Their collaborative effort highlights the timeless themes and engaging narratives found in Shakespeare's original plays.

William Shakespeare hat seinen Figuren eine wortgewaltige Sprache verliehen. Zugleich hat er sie in Handlungen verstrickt, die schon allein ein Wunderwerk an Erfindungsreichtum sind. Dieses Buch erzählt die Stoffe seiner besten Komödien und Tragödien als Geschichten und verdichtet die ganze Dramatik der Liebesirrungen und Schurkenstreiche auf den harten Kern. Ob 'Sommernachtstraum' oder 'Hamlet', 'Romeo und Julia' oder 'Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung', zwanzig Stücke haben Charles und Mary Lamb in Prosaform gebracht – für alle Shakespeare- Freunde, die es gern etwas kompakter mögen.

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 teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders.