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Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Power, corruption and betrayal are at the heart of Shakespeare's most well-known historical and political drama. As Julius Caesar moves closer to securing power for himself and is perceived by some as a threat to Roman citizens, his senators plot to bring about his downfall. Caesar's assassination leads to…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Hugely ambitious in its historical focus and vast geographical scope, Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's most astonishing tragedies. The drama centres on the relationships between his main protagonists, Octavius Ceasar, Mark Antony and Cleopatra and the highly charged affair between Mark Antony and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 513 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 298) Аннотация: The Tempest is one of the most suggestive, yet most elusive of all Shakespeare's plays, and has provoked a wide range of critical interpretations. It is a magical romance, yet deeply and problematically embedded in seventeenth-century debates about authority and power. In this updated edition, David Lindley has thoroughly revised the introduction and reading list to take account of the latest…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: In Henry IV, Part 1, the King is in a doubly ironic position. His rebellion against Richard II was successful, but now he himself is beset by rebels, led by the charismatic Harry Hotspur. The King's son, Prince Hal, seems to be more concerned with the pleasures of the tavern world and the company of the fat rogue, Falstaff, than with concerns of state. Eventually, however, Hal proves a courageous…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be seen as a tragedy, or a historical play, or a political drama, or as one part of a vast dramatic cycle which helped to generate England's national identity. Today, to some of us, Richard II may appear conservative; but, in Shakespeare's day, it could appear subversive: 'I am Richard II', declared an…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. The Taming of the Shrew is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists and classroom…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: In The Taming of the Shrew, Katharina learns to love Petruchio only after she has learnt to be an obedient wife. Romeo and Juliet’s love is destined to end in tragedy. In Twelfth Night, love is romantic but also painful, while in Othello love turns into jealousy. And in the final story, Antony and Cleopatra’s passionate love has tragic consequences.

Скачать книгу (размер 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 60) Аннотация: Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love stories in the world. But it is more than a great love story. It is also about life and death, happiness and sadness, and the terrible hate between two great families. Shakespeare's beautiful tale is still as popular today as it was more than 400 years ago.

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: 'Hail, Macbeth, who will be king one day'. On a cold Scottish heath, three witches make a prophecy. Inspired by their words and encouraged by his evil wife, Macbeth begins his trail of destruction to gain and keep the Scottish throne.

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: A power-hungry Richard III, a remorseful Macbeth, a revengeful Prince Hamlet, a powerful Julius Caesar, and a ruthless and ambitious King Henry V: various aspects of power and ambition feature in these five stories based on plays by William Shakespeare.

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: After a long civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York, England is enjoying a period of peace under King Edward IV. But Edward’s younger brother, Richard, resents Edward’s power, Richard begins to aspire secretly to the throne and decides to kill anyone he has to in order to become king.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 248 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 246) Аннотация: Since the late twentieth century, when scholarly attention began to focus on sexuality, collaboration and Shakespeare's late plays, The Two Noble Kinsmen has become an essential script. Turner and Tatspaugh's edition presents a strong case for taking the play more seriously now than ever before. A lively introduction discusses Shakespeare's craftsmanship in adapting a medieval tale for the…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Lovely Bianca has a queue of admirers anxious to marry her. But her older sister, Katharina, must get married first. Katharina has such a fiery temper she is known as 'the shrew', and no man is brave enough to propose. Can Petruchio tame her with his outrageous behaviour? With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Love and Marriage in The Taming of the Shrew.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Dès ses premières représentations à la fin du XVIe siècle, la pièce de Shakespeare connaît un succès considérable. Le dramaturge anglais donne à l'histoire tragique des deux amants de Vérone une dimension mythique. L'édition Classico propose la traduction de J.-M. Déprats, publiée en 2002, et qui est aujourd'hui…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Учебное издание популярнейшей трагедии У. Шекспира предназначено для учащихся старших классов гимназий с углубленным изучением английского языка, студентов-филологов, а также для широкого круга читателей, владеющих английским языком. Издание снабжено постраничными сносками и подробным комментарием, иллюстрациями, списком произношения имен собственных. Текст печатается по оксфордскому изданию 1914…

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Kate, Mike and Carlos go on another trip to Bodega Bay near San Francisco, where more than a year ago they found a pirate's old treasure map. An incredibly exciting and dangerous adventure awaits them as they follow a mysterious clue and go on a treasure hunt to find a lost treasure from centuries ago. The GREEN APPLE series is composed of illustrated graded readers. The readers are graded into…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: This is a wonderful collection of six retellings of William Shakespeare's best-loved plays — a perfect mix of comedy, tragedy, magic and romance, retold for younger readers. It is full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme. It contains the plays: A Midummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, and Twelfth Night. It also includes a section at…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: King Lear is old but not wise. He loves the two daughters who secretly hate him. He hates the only daughter who really loves him. In time, he discovers his mistake. Has he learnt his lesson? Or will his proud and angry nature bring him even more sadness and pain?

Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: This generously annotated updated edition of Coriolanus provides a thorough reconsideration of Shakespeare's remarkable, and probably his last, tragedy. A substantial introduction situates the play within its contemporary social and political contexts — dearth, riots, the struggle over authority between James I and his first parliament, the travails of Essex and Ralegh — and pays particular…

Скачать книгу (размер 942 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 186) Аннотация: This new edition of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor focuses on a theatrical understanding of the play. While emphasising the liveliness of the play in stage terms, David Crane also claims that this citizen comedy needs to be taken much more seriously than in the past, as an expression of Shakespeare's fundamental understanding of human life, conveyed centrally in the character of…