Three tales from Shakespeare: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; The merchant of Venice; MacBeth

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“Three Tales from Shakespeare” is a prose adaptation of three famous plays by William Shakespeare—Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice and Macbeth—retold by Charles and Mary Lamb. The book transforms the original dramas into accessible narrative tales, preserving the main plots, characters and moral themes while simplifying language and structure for younger readers and learners of English. Issued as part of The Dear Old England Series, the volume aims to introduce English literary classics within an educational and cultural framework, making Shakespeare’s work approachable without losing its dramatic essence. Probably around 1910

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