Tales from Shakespeare
‘Tales from Shakespeare’ book written by Charles and Mary Lamb, adapts Shakespeare’s plays. Mary focuses on the comedies, while Charles tackles the tragedies. The book retains much of Shakespeare’s original language and covers iconic works like ‘The Tempest’ and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, making them accessible to young readers while honoring Shakespeare’s brilliance.
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Listen to Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb free online. The full audiobook (8 hr 30 min, 21 chapters, read by Karen Savage) streams free on this page.
Tales from Shakespeare (1807) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Author's Preface | 4:46 | |
| 2 | The Tempest | 21:21 | |
| 3 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 21:36 | |
| 4 | Winter's Tale | 21:11 | |
| 5 | Much Ado About Nothing | 23:33 | |
| 6 | As You Like It | 29:33 | |
| 7 | Two Gentlemen of Verona | 22:55 | |
| 8 | Merchant of Venice | 24:36 | |
| 9 | Cymbeline | 23:19 | |
| 10 | King Lear | 27:20 | |
| 11 | Macbeth | 20:31 | |
| 12 | All's Well That Ends Well | 23:56 | |
| 13 | Taming of the Shrew | 19:56 | |
| 14 | Comedy of Errors | 24:55 | |
| 15 | Measure for Measure | 29:21 | |
| 16 | Twelfth Night; or What You Will | 25:11 | |
| 17 | Timon of Athens | 25:04 | |
| 18 | Romeo and Juliet | 33:02 | |
| 19 | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | 29:10 | |
| 20 | Othello | 25:16 | |
| 21 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | 33:21 |
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