莎士比亞，為全世界所推崇的偉大作家，在他卓越的創作中所蘊含的人生智慧，啟發著世世代代的讀者。《莎士比亞的美麗故事》（Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare）是一本1907年出版的故事集，作者E. Nesbit為被譽為「現代兒童文學之母」的英國兒童文學作家與詩人，她將莎翁最著名的劇本，改寫為適合年輕讀者閱讀的淺顯易懂故事，並巧妙融入原作的莎士比亞語言，成功捕捉了每一部戲劇的精髓。本書精選其中十六篇喜劇、悲劇與傳奇劇的故事，帶領你一探莎士比亞的文學殿堂。書中同時收錄了簡短的莎士比亞傳記、以及依主題整理的名言佳句。內文附中譯文，並有重點英文字彙，加注英文註釋及IPA音標，幫助理解閱讀英文故事。隨書錄有MP3，完整收錄故事朗讀。1 Hamlet 哈姆雷特2A Midsummer Night’s Dream 仲夏夜之夢3King Lear 李爾王4The Taming of The Shrew 馴悍記5The Tempest 暴風雨6Cymbeline 辛白林7As You Like It 皆大歡喜8The Comedy of Errors 連環錯9Romeo and Juliet 羅密歐與茱麗葉10The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人11Macbeth 馬克白12Twelfth Night 第十二夜13Othello 奧賽羅14The Winter's Tale 冬天的故事15Much Ado About Nothing 無事生非16Measure for Measure 一報還一報
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