Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1945. Macmillan. Illustrated.

Illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham.

Tales from Shakespeare is an English children's book written by the siblings Charles and Mary Lamb in 1807, intended "for the use of young persons" while retaining as much Shakespearean language as possible. Mary Lamb was responsible for retelling the comedies and Charles the tragedies. They omitted the more complex historical tales, including all Roman plays, and modified those they chose to retell in a manner sensitive to the needs of young children, but without resorting to actual censoring.