Timeless Shakespeare were expressly designed to help readers with limited reading ability gain access to some of the world’s greatest literature. This book series retains the essence and stylistic “flavor” of the original.
Some playful fairies decide to make mischief with unsuspecting humans. Can true love overcome all obstacles? Two young Athenian couples are put to the test. Comedy reigns in this enchanting fantasy about the nature of romantic love.
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. That’s why Cupid is always painted blind.” (Act I, Scene I)
“And yet, to tell the truth, reason and love are not good friends these days.” (Act III, Scene I)
“Lovers and madmen have such seething brains. They have more fantasies than cool reason ever understands.” (Act V, Scene I)
Including:
● Background and Cast of Characters ● MP3 Audio Recording
Timeless Shakespeare Series:
1. Hamlet
2. Romeo and Juliet
3. Julius Caesar
4. Macbeth
5. King Lear
6. The Tempest
7. The Merchant of Venice
8. Othello
9. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
10. Twelfth Night
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《仲夏夜之夢》描述希臘時期的雅典,淘氣的精靈對上毫無戒備之心的人類。一場陰錯陽差的惡作劇,兩對愛侶將接受考驗,而真愛是否能夠突破重重難關?充滿魔法與奇異幻想的仲夏之夜,浪漫的愛情喜劇即將上演,愛情的諸多面相也將揭露呈現……
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. That’s why Cupid is always painted blind.”
愛情不是以眼看人,而是以心看人,所以畫中的丘比特永遠是眼盲的。
(Act I, Scene I)
“And yet, to tell the truth, reason and love are not good friends these days.”
但是老實說,這年頭理智和愛情並非好友。(Act III, Scene I)
“Lovers and madmen have such seething brains. They have more fantasies than Cool reason ever understands.”
愛侶和瘋子皆是激情充腦,擁有的幻想超乎冷靜理性之人可以理解。(Act V, Scene I)
莎翁名劇雋永優美,細膩的角色刻畫讓故事穿越文化與時空,引起廣大世人的迴響與共鳴。本書為英國文豪莎士比亞的著名劇作改寫,並保留劇本格式。經過精心改寫的文字,使莎劇簡明易懂又不失文學內涵,適合英語學習者閱讀,不再受古英文之苦,輕鬆享受閱讀經典的樂趣。
本書附有
● 故事簡介和人物介紹 ● 中文翻譯 ● 全文朗讀MP3
《永恆的莎士比亞劇本改寫》套書
11. 《哈姆雷特》Hamlet
12. 《羅密歐與茱麗葉》Romeo and Juliet
13. 《凱撒大帝》Julius Caesar
14. 《馬克白》Macbeth
15. 《李爾王》King Lear
16. 《暴風雨》The Tempest
17. 《威尼斯商人》The Merchant of Venice
18. 《奧賽羅》Othello
19. 《仲夏夜之夢》A Midsummer Night’s Dream
20. 《第十二夜》Twelfth Night
作者簡介:
Emily Hutchinson
威廉‧莎士比亞 William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare(1564-1616)
威廉.莎士比亞出生於英國,被公認是英國文學史和戲劇史上最傑出的詩人和劇作家。父親在他十三歲時因經商失敗而破產,他因此無法上大學。他十八歲時娶了大他八歲的Anne Hathaway,育有三名小孩。莎士比亞在1590年成為劇作家,起初只是模仿別的作家寫故事,藉此磨練寫作技巧,後來他越漸歡迎,最後成為成功的演員與劇作家。
莎士比亞擅於刻畫人物心理,運用生動的戲劇語言扣動讀者心弦,他的故事結構嚴謹、情節豐富多元,更富含人生哲理。他一生共寫了37部作品,可分成四個時期:歷史劇、喜劇、悲劇和浪漫喜悲劇。其中四大悲劇:《哈姆雷特》、《奧賽羅》、《李爾王》和《馬克白》寫於悲劇時期。這些戲劇故事在世界各地不斷地改編、上演,數百年來雋永不朽,為他贏得最偉大的劇作家的聲譽。