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Charles Lamb (1775-1834), essayist, poet, humorist, critic and letter-writer, has an enduring reputation for his early Tales from Shakespeare (1807), written in collaboration with his sister Mary, and his Essays of Elia, first published in the London Magazine. This thematic selection of Lamb's writings - essays, dramatic criticism, verse and letters - not only demonstrates his literary achievements; it forms a self-portrait of the writer: generous, amused, and gregarious, finding imaginative escape from grim circumstances in the teeming life of London and the theatre. The reader is drawn into the circle of Lamb's friends, enjoying the company of the most personal of English essayists. J.E. Morpurgo's introduction and notes set Lamb's writings in their contemporary context. ... Read more

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Good Basics Intro
This book basically covers it all from basic concepts to how to market a retail chain. It serves as a great into book to marketing and is pretty easy to read along with many graphics and charts. It's sectioned off well enough to grasp particular concepts without having to read the entire book also.

Get to the basics without the heavy details
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The Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb were written to be an 'introduction to the study of Shakespeare', but are much more entertaining than that. All of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and robust style, and their literary quality has made them popular and sought-after ever since their first publication in 1807.This edition contains the delightful pen-and-ink drawings of Arthur Rackham.Download Description
Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales retell Shakespeare's 37 plays in prose. ... Read more

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Sweet short stories
Obviously, if you're an older reader well accustomed to the world of Shakespeare, this is NOT the book for you. These are "children" versions of Shakespeare plays. They're short, sweet, and a little simple, obviously. While they still have the same mature content as the plays, it feels more toned down.

You've got it all, really. Whatever Shakespeare play you love, you'll find it here, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to "Macbeth" and through "Hamlet". The stories are obviously the same, but the style is different. They feel a little like fairy tales, which is kind of the point. Children's stories, but of some of the greatest classics of all time.

These stories are fun to read, but don't think they're superb literature. They are a good way to spend an afternoon, but for older readers, the plays are still the way to go. This is better for older children and preteens who aren't quite ready to read Shakespeare himself, but can understand the stories themselves. I recommend it, but don't expect something incredible.

A great work of literature in it's own right
In this volume Charles and Mary Lamb turned 20 of Shakespeare's best loved plays into narratives for children , and it is a work of art in itself.
Written in 1807 , the stories are still easily readable and enjoyable 200 years later.
It is the ideal companion for one who finds Shakespeare hard to follow in the cold print of the play scripts but would like an easy and gentle introduction to his plays.
These stories are today read not only because they are an introduction to Shakespeare but they are the works of Charles Lamb and his sister.
The easy flow of Tales , the unity of style throughout , narrative sliding naturally into dialogue and dialogue into narrative , shows what talented authors the Lambs where.
Sub-plots and subsidiary inicidents and characters which give richness and variety to the plays on stage can confuse and mar the narratvies.

Thus they are often left out in the narratvies , leading a Shakespeare afficionado to perhaps be alarmed that the antics of Malvolio and the wit and pranks of Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek are left out of the Lamb narrative of Twelfth Night.
But if they where included they would have confused an already complicated story , one of mistaken indentity and familiar absurdity.

Charles Lamb gives his own ideas as to the sanity or lack thereof of Hamlet and often at the end of the comedies Mary Lamb writes of the characters living happily ever after , giving a longer time frame to the narratives than exisited in the plays.
This fresh infusion of the Lamb's own ideas and wisdom , made this a greater work than had they been mere critiques or precis of the plays themselves.

Great intro for kids
When I first began homeschooling my children I came across this book. Since we were to soon see a high school production of Midsummer's Night Dream I read the Lamb version aloud to them before seeing the performance. The results were amazing.My children had no previous exposure to Shakespeare. The Lamb's ability to retain some of Shakespeare's original language greatly enhanced their comprehension. They loved the story and we able to follow the play with ease, laughing and clearly enjoying themselves much to the frustration of some nearby adults who were completely lost.This book helped begin their love affair with Sir William.I am of the opinion reading a well summarized version of his plays and then watching a well done performance will make any child appreciate the genius that is Shakespeare's work.

A Treasure Book
If you want to learn as a novice the tales of Shakespeare, then this is the book to read. A children's novel of his famous plays. Now to the English Shakespearean scholar this would seem like Shakespeare for dummies, but I would only partially agree. This is a great book to be introduced and gives a general framework before reading him. Even after reading this, its not an easy task trying to read Elizabethan English, which even the experts argue on some of the terms and expressions used. And so, this book lets you understand and I find its written rather well in Charles and Mary Lambs authorship.

After reading this book, which also make good for second, third and fourth readings, I found it much easier to absorb a recent bio on Shakespeare which was very enlightening, Will of the World by Stephen Greenblatt and also other books which attempt explanatory meanings of Elizabethan English to his plays and sonnets. Now you know what the plays are about and go from there. This is a great book, I treasure it.

Read it as a child and now use it as a professor
I remember my father giving me this book when I was young.He was a junior high school english teacher and used this book in class.Together we read the stories and I loved them.Now I am a college professor and use the book in class myself. While some of the summaries are "dated," they are still useful in communicating the basic action of the play to students and the very fact that they are "dated" allows the book to serve as an illustration of how interpretations of Shakespeare's plays have changed since the Lambs' time.

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The print in this book is illegible
I just received my copy of this book.I was disappointed to find that the print is essentially illegible.At the front of the book (the only legible page in it) it says:

"Publishing Statement:
This important reprint was made from an old and scarce book.
Therefore, it may have defects such as missing pages, erroneous pagination, blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, marginalia and other issues beyond our control.
Because this is such an important and rare work, we believe it is best to reproduce this book regardless of its original condition.
Thank you for your understanding and enjoy this unique book!"

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Great transaction
This was the wrong book after all and I don't need it, but it was shipped fast and securely!

Excellent
An excellent book that introduces us to Marketing concepts with the help of various real-life examples. I didn't feel like I was reading a textbook for my class at all. Rather, I felt like I was reading an interesting magazine. I would definately recommend this book. It is awesome!

Very useful for school
I am using it for my thesis on the Music Industry and I find it helpful. 4 P's are so well explained.

A very nice improvement on the 4th Edition
This comprehensive revision of the last edition shows real improvements. Two new chapters are included on Competitive Intelligence and One-to-One Marketing. Both are welcome additions. The Internet chapter is on-linesince it would be futile to try and publish on paper about a subject thatchanges daily. There are severeal references to internet subjects and evensome of these do not exist anymore. The books design has been modernizedand the cases and real-world stories are very up-to-date. I use this textto teach a Marketing Certificate program at UCSB Extension to Internationalstudents and they find it very understandable and stimulating.

too much detail
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1854. Part One of Five. English essayist and poet, Charles Lamb (pen name Elia), studied at Christ's Hospital where he formed a lifelong friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. When he was twenty years old Lamb suffered a period of insanity. His sister, Mary Ann Lamb, had similar problems and in 1796 murdered her mother in a fit of madness. Mary was confined to an asylum but was eventually released into the care of her brother. Lamb became friends in London with a group of young writers who favored political reform including Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt. This volume contains essays, written under his pseudonym Elia, which were originally published individually in London Magazine. The contents include the well-known A Dissertation upon Roast Pig, Dream-Children; a Reverie and more. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. ... Read more

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Includes: The Tempest - A Midsummer Night's Dream - The Winter's Tale - Much Ado About Nothing - As You Like It - Cymbeline - The Two Gentlemen of Verona - The Merchant of Venice - King Lear - Macbeth - All's Well that Ends Well - The Taming of the Shrew - The Comedy of Errors - Measure for Measure - Twelfth Night - Timon of Athens -Romeo and Juliet - Hamlet - Othello - Pericles ... Read more

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Tales From Shakespeare: 20 of the plays retold in prose for children by the Lamb siblings
The Bard meets the Lambs. Charles and Mary Lamb wrote "Tales from Shakespeare" in 1807. The book retold twenty of the plays in prose being geared at children. Children who read the stories today would need to be very bright and advanced in their reading comprehension. Many of the sexual scenes and several of the subplots in these complex plays have been removed by Mary and Charles.
The Lambs were siblings who were plagued with mental problems throughout their sad lives. Mary stabbed her mother to death during an insane episode. The courts allowed her to live at home with her brother Charles who was a lowly clerk at the East India Office. Charles is famous for his essays though Mary wrote the majority of the play summaries in this classic book Mary wrote on 14 of the comedies and romances while Charles provided chapters on the tragedies of Hamlet, Othello, King Lear.
Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Timon of Athens.
The book is short but essential in giving the reading a quick review of the plays. It is easy to get lost in the complex plots and the Elizabethan language and poetry in the plays. This book makes it easy to understand the basic plots and characters in the tales. The book is an introduction to Shakespeare; it no way is it designed to replace the plays; the purpose is to whet the desire to read and see Shakespeare acted on the stage.
Even veteran Shakespearians such as your reviewer found delight in this small book. I will turn to it often to refresh my memory of who is who and what is going on in the Shakespearean universe. The Lambs' book is essential reading.
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Emerald green cloth with gilt and silver designs on cover and spine. Untrimmed page edges, printed on thick paper. A beautiful clean copy. Volume II. Gilt on top of pages crisp and bright. Illustrated frontispiece of Mary Lamb and 5 stunning black and white illustrations. A rare find in this condition. No date . Notation on flyleaf indicates book was given as a gift on Christmas, 1906. Illustrators are: Portrait of Mary Lamb Mezzotint by Arlent-Edwards, after portrait by F. S. Cary, Macbeth painted by R. Westall, R. A. Engraved by James Parker, All's Well That Ends Well painted by F. Wheatley, R. A. Engraved by L. Sciavonetti, Taming of the Shrew painted by I. I. Ibbetson and engraved by I. Taylor, Jr. Comedy of Errors painted by F. Wheatley, R. A. And engraved by J. Neagle and Measure for Measure painted by R. Smirke and engraved by W. C. Wilson. ... Read more

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MKTG 2007/2008 is an extremely concise, visually appealing book containing all the core marketing concepts you need to know without any of the distractions prevalent in traditional marketing textbooks. A suite of relevant and useful study tools allow you to study wherever you are and whenever you have time. MKTG 2007/2008 increases the chances you will be prepared for and engaged in your principles of marketing course. ... Read more

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PKEFATORY NOTE. THE writings of Charles Lamb abound in biographical matter. To them, and to the well-known volumes of the late Mr. Justice Talfourd, I am mainly indebted for the material of which this memoir is composed. I have added a complete list of the chief works from which information about Lamb and his sister has been obtained. I have also had the advantage of communica- tion with those who were personally acquainted with Lamb, and have received from others valuable assistance in exploring less known sources of information. Among those to whom my acknowledgments for much kindness are due, I would mention Mrs. Arthur Tween, a daughter of that old and loyal friend of the Lamb family, Mr. Randal Norris Mr. James Crossley, of Manchester Mr. Edward FitzGerald Mr. W. Aldis Wright and last, not least, my friend Mr. J. E. Davis, of the Middle Temple, whose kind interest in this little book has been un- failing. A. A. AUTHOKITIES CONSULTED. 1. The Essays of Elia, and other writings, in prose and verse, of Charles Lamb. 2. Letters of Charles Lamb, with a Sketch of his Life by Thomas Noon Talfourd 1837 3. Final Memorials of CharlesLamb, c.,by Thomas Noon Talfourd 1848 4. Charles Lamb A Memoir, by Barry Cornwall . . 1866 5. Charles and Mary Lamb Poems, Letters, and Re- mains, by W. Carew Hazlitt 1874 6. Gillmans Life of Coleridge, vol. i 1838 7. Cottles Early Recollections of Coleridge . . . 1837 8. Alsops Letters, Conversations,and Recollections of 1836 Coleridge 9. My Friends and Acquaintance, by P. Gr. Patmore . 1854 10. Autobiography ofLeigh Hunt 1850 11. Memoirs ofWilliam Hazlitt,by W. Carew Hazlitt . 1867 12. LiteraryReminiscences,byThomasHood in Hoods Own 1839 and Journals .... 1853 13. Haydons Autobiography 14. Diary ofHenry Crabb Robinson 1869 15. Memoir of Charles Mathews the elder, by Mrs. Mathews 1838 16. Life and Correspondence ofRobert Southey . . 1849 17. Obituary Notices, Reminiscences, Essays, c., in. various magazines and reviews. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. 1775-1789. PAK BOYHOOD. THE TEMPLE AND CHRISTS HOSPITAL 1 CHAPTER II. L17S9-U-JG.J FAMILY STRUGGLES AND SORROWS 17 CHAPTER III. 1790-1800. FIRST EXPERIMENTS IN LITERATURE 33 CHAPTER IV. 1SOO-1S09. DRAMATIC AUTHORSHIP AND DRAMATIC CRITICISM 49 CHAPTER V. 1S09-1S17. INNER TEMPLE LANE. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS 73 CHAPTER VI. 1817-1823. RUSSELL STREET, COTENT GARDEN. THE ESSAYS OF ELIA , 94 x CONTENTS. CHAPTER YH. 1823-1826. PAGB COLEBROOK ROW, ISLINGTON. THE CONTROVERSY WITH SOUTHEY, AND RETIREMENT FROM THE INDIA HOUSE 122 ENTIELD AND EDMONTON LAMBS PLACE AS A CRITIC CHAPTER VIII. 1826-1834.3 CHAPTER IX. 146 168 CHARLES LAMB. CHAPTER I. 1775-1789. I WAS born and passed the first seven years of my lite in the Temple. Its church, its halls, its gardens, its foun- tain, its river, I had almost said for in those young years what was this king of rivers to me but a stream that watered our pleasant places these are of my oldest recollections. In this manner does Charles Lamb, in an es- say that is one of the masterpieces of English prose, open for us those passages of autobiography which happily abound in his writings. The words do more than fix places and dates. They strike the key in which his early life was set and the later life, hardly less. The genius of Lamb was surely guided into its special channel by the chance that the first fourteen years of his life were passed, as has been said, between cloister and cloister, between the medieval atmosphere of the quiet Temple and that of the busy school of Edward VL Charles Lamb was born on the 10th of February, 1775, in Crown Office Row in the Temple, the line of buildings ... Read more