Great Stories from Shakespeare

Great Stories from Shakespeare

Charles Lamb / Mary Lamb

33,32 €
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Editorial:
Home Farm Books
Año de edición:
2006
Materia
Obras de teatro, textos teatrales
ISBN:
9781406796247
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Originally published in the 1930s. The book is intended as an introduction for the younger reader to the study of Shakespeare. Eighteen famous tales have been partly rewritten to facilitate this. Illustrations are by Arthur Rackham. Many of the earliest b

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