The book “Shakespeare Told to Children” by Mary and Charles Lamb has been a huge success among young readers around the world for centuries. In Russia, this book was published only before the revolution, was very popular and went through several editions. English writers sister and brother Mary and Charles Lamb presented the most famous works of William Shakespeare in a simple and intelligible narrative form. Their task was to acquaint the younger generation with the work of the great writer, give an idea of the richness of his poetic imagination and prepare children for reading Shakespeare in its original form. CONTENTS: Macbeth (3). Othello (20). A Midsummer Night's Dream (38 ).Hamlet (54).The Merchant of Venice (73).The Winter's Tale (93).As You Like It (109).Much Ado About Nothing (131).The Tempest (149).Romeo and Juliet (168).Two Gentlemen of Verona ( 190).The Taming of the Shrew (208).All's well that ends well (225).The Comedy of Errors (241).Cymbeline (259).Measure for Measure (276).King Lear (297).Afterword (317).“. ..Hold... a mirror in front of nature..." A. Vulis (317).