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There are 20 stories but only 5 of them are by Charles Lamb. They are: King Lear Macbeth Timon of Athens Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Othello
Following is the first paragraph from King Lear
Among the individual essays, "Dream-Children" and "Old China" are perhaps the most highly and generally admired. A short musical work by Elgar was inspired by "Dream-Children". Lamb's fondness for stage drama provided the subjects of a number of the essays: "My First Play," "Stage Illusion," Ellistoniana," etc. "Blakesmoor in H——shire" was actually written about Blakesware in Hertfordshire, the great house where Lamb's maternal grandmother was housekeeper for many years.
Selected Works
Blank Verse John Woodvil Tales from Shakespeare The Adventures of Ulysses On the Tragedies of Shakespeare Witches and Other Night FearsEssays of Elia ( J.M. Dent & Co.) The Last Essays of Elia (J.M. Dent & Co.)
Lear, king of Britain, had three daughters; Goneril, wife to the duke of Albany; Regan, wife to the duke of Cornwall; and Cordelia, a young maid, for whose love the king of France and duke of Burgundy were joint suitors, and were at this time making stay for that purpose in the court of Lear.
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Essays of Elia
Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb. Lamb's essays were highly popular and were printed in many subsequent editions throughout the nineteenth century. The personal and conversational tone of the essays has charmed many readers; the essays "established Lamb in the title he now holds, that of the most delightful of English essayists." Lamb himself is the Elia of the collection (he borrowed the name of another clerk at the South Sea House where he worked); his sister Mary is "Cousin Bridget." Critics have traced the influence of earlier writers in Lamb's style, notably Sir Thomas Browne and Robert Burton – writers who also influenced Lamb's contemporary and acquaintance, Thomas De Quincey. Some of Lamb's later pieces in the same style and spirit were collected into a body called Eliana.
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Quotations
Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my life.
The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.
To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.
Pain is life--the sharper, the more evidence of life.
Thank You
Tales from Shakespeare
Tales from Shakespeare was an English children's book written by Charles Lamb with his sister Mary Lamb in 1807. It was illustrated by Arthur Rackham in 1899 and 1909. The book reduced the archaic（古时的） English and complicated storyline of Shakespeare to a simple level that children could read and comprehend. However, as noted in the Author‘s Penever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent（勤奋的） care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into our language since his time have been as far as possible avoided." Mary Lamb was responsible for most of the comedies, while her brother wrote most of the tragedies; they wrote the preface between them.