84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff: “A modernized Chaucer "has the schoolroom smell of Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare."”
Esther Waters by George Moore: “"Uncle Tom's Cabin," Lamb's "Tales of Shakespeare's Plays," a Cooking Book, "Roda's Mission of Love," the Holy Bible and the Common Prayer Book.”
Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene: “On the writing desk were two books identical copies of Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare.”