《莎士比亞戲劇故事:TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE》,由英國18世紀(jì)著名作家查爾斯·蘭姆與姐姐瑪麗·蘭姆共同改寫而成,原是為英國兒童寫的通俗讀物,現(xiàn)已成為全世界莎劇初學(xué)者必讀的入門書。本書收錄了莎士比亞著名的20部戲劇,其中12部喜劇,包括《暴風(fēng)雨》《仲夏夜之夢》《無事生非》《皆大歡喜》《威尼斯商人》《第十二夜》等;8部悲劇,包括《羅密歐與朱麗葉》《奧賽羅》《丹麥王子哈姆萊特》《麥克白》《李爾王》等,囊括了莎士比亞在各創(chuàng)作時期的不同作品類型。
本書為英文原版,同時提供配套英文朗讀免費(fèi)下載,詳見圖書封底二維碼信息。讓讀者在欣賞莎翁優(yōu)美劇作的同時,亦能提升英語閱讀水平。
Tales from Shakespeare is an English children’s book written by Charles Lamb and his sister Mary Lamb in 1807. The book is designed to make the stories of Shakespeare’s plays familiar to the young. However, as noted in the author’s Preface, “[Shakespeare’s] words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent 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 the comedies, while Charles wrote the tragedies; they wrote the preface between them. The book has been republished many times. It was illustrated by Sir John Gilbert (1866), Arthur Rackham (1899,1909), Louis Monziès in (1908), Walter Paget (1910), D. C. Eyles (1934, 1938).
Charles Lamb (1775 – 1834) was an English poet and essayist who wrote Tales from Shakespeare and Essays of Elia. He was born on February 10, 1775, in London, England. Becoming an essayist, he wrote children’s versions of well-known works, including Tales from Shakespeare. Lamb cared for his troubled sister, Mary, after she murdered their mother. He is best known for writing remarkable letters for London Magazine, Essays of Elia, under the pan name Elia. He died in 1834.
Mary Lamb (1764 – 1847) was an English writer. She is best known for the collaboration with her brother Charles on the collection Tales from Shakespeare. She and Charles presided over a literary circle in London that included the poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, among others.
THE TEMPEST /1
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM /14
THE WINTER’S TALE /28
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING /42
AS YOU LIKE IT /56
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA /75
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE /89
CYMBELINE /105
KING LEAR /120
MACBETH /138
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL /151
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW /165
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS /178
MEASURE FOR MEASURE /194
TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL /210
TIMON OF ATHENS /226
ROMEO AND JULIET /240
HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK /259
OTHELLO /277
PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE /292