Mary lamb shakespeare5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() However, the comedies were written so beautifully that it was astonishing that a person suffering from mental illness could write so beautifully. When I dug a little deeper to know more about Lamb siblings I learned that Mary Lamb suffered from some mental illness and in a fit once mortally wounded her mother as a result of which she was confined to mental facilities for most of her remaining life. ![]() ![]() Therefore, Charles Lamb retold the tragedies and Mary Lamb retold the comedies in the story form. Charles Lamb was a celebrated prose writer of the Seventeenth Century and ‘Tales from Shakespeare’ is a work that he wrote in collaboration with his elder sister Mary Lamb who was also a writer and poet, to acquaint the young readers with Shakespearean plays. The book ‘Tales from Shakespeare’ is a prose retelling of William Shakespeare’s plays, by Charles and Mary Lamb. Warning: The review may contain some spoilers for those who haven’t read William Shakespeare’s plays. ![]()
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