<p><b>An international collection of the traditional tales that inspired some of Shakespeare''s greatest plays</b><br><br>Shakespeare knew a good story when he heard one, and he wasn''t afraid to borrow from what he heard or read, especially traditional folktales. <i>The Merchant of Venice</i>, for example, draws from "A Pound of Flesh," while <i>King Lear</i> begins in the same way as "Love Like Salt," with a king asking his three daughters how much they love him, then banishing the youngest when her cryptic reply displeases him. This unique anthology presents more than forty versions of folktales related to eight Shakespeare plays: <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i>, <i>The Comedy of Errors</i>, <i>Titus Andronicus</i>, <i>The Merchant of Venice</i>, <i>All''s Well That Ends Well</i>, <i>King Lear</i>, <i>Cymbeline</i>, and <i>The Tempest</i>. These fascinating and diverse tales come from Europe, the Middle East, India, the Caribbean, and South America, and include stories by Gerald of W
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