′The quality of mercy is not strain′d,It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven′Bassiano, a noble Venetian, hopes to woo the beautiful heiress Portia. However, he requires financial assistance from h
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, Professor of English Literature, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakesp
這真是一筆非常不尋常的借據條約。若安東尼歐無法及時償還他積欠的債務，他將欠貪婪的夏洛克一磅肉！一切看似無望了──直到聰明的年輕女子波西亞，大膽地在安東尼歐的法庭上假扮法官。“The devil can quote Scripture for his own purposes.”魔鬼會為了他自己的意圖而引述聖經文句。(Act I, Scene III) “All that glitters is n
十九世紀英國教育極重視莎翁作品，1806年英國作家高德溫（William Godwin）邀請了查爾斯．蘭姆（Charles Lamb）協助「少年圖書館」的出版計畫，查爾斯於是和姊姊共同合作，將莎翁的劇本改寫為適合青少年閱讀的故事，而出版了《莎士比亞戲劇故事集》（Tales from Shakespeare）。 本書採用蘭姆姊弟（Charles and Mary Lamb）改寫的故事，不同於莎翁的原
