书名：The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人

作者：William Shakespeare
出版社名称：Penguin Press
出版时间：2015
语种：英文

ISBN:9780141396545
商品尺寸：约12.7 x 1.5 x 19.6 cm
包装：平装
页数：约272页（以实物为准）

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1.各大名人、高校推荐阅读书单中不可缺少的作品；
2.书中附有对莎士比亚生平和作品的详细介绍，让读者进一步了解这个伟大的剧作家；
3.经典文学作品，有利于提高读者的英语阅读水平。

 The Merchant of Venice《威尼斯商人》

本书讲述了一个关于仁爱、友情和爱情的故事。威尼斯富商安东尼奥为了帮助好友巴萨尼奥完婚，向犹太人夏洛克借高利贷。但由于安东尼奥贷款从不要利息，还常常指责夏洛克，夏洛克对安东尼奥一直怀恨在心。为了报复安东尼奥，夏洛克在借钱给他时佯装也不要利息，但若逾期不还，就要从安东尼奥身上割下一磅肉。不巧安东尼奥的商船失事，贷款无力偿还。夏洛克去法庭控告，要求安东尼奥根据法律条文履行诺言。为救安东尼奥的性命，巴萨尼奥的未婚妻鲍西娅假扮律师出庭，要求在处罚时所割的一磅肉必须正好是一磅肉，不能多也不能少，更不准流血。如果流了血，根据威尼斯法律，谋害一个基督徒（公民）是要没收财产的。夏洛克因无法恰好割一磅肉而败诉，害人不成反失去了财产。
Bassanio, a noble but impoverished Venetian, asks his friend the merchant Antonio for a loan to impress an heiress. Antonio agrees, but is forced to borrow the sum from a cynical Jewish moneylender, Shylock, who forces him into a chilling contract, which stipulates he must honour the debt with a pound of his own flesh. But Bassanio's beloved is not as demure as she seems, and disguising herself as a lawyer, Portia proves herself one of Shakespeare's most cunning heroines, in a witty attack on Shylock's claim. A complex and controversial comedy, The Merchant of Venice explores prejudice and the true nature of justice.       

威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare，1564－1616），英国文学史上杰出的戏剧家和诗人，欧洲文艺复兴时期重要的作家。他流传下来的作品包括38部戏剧、155首十四行诗、两首长叙事诗和其他诗歌。由于莎士比亚在戏剧方面的巨大成就，被喻为“人类文学奥林匹克山上的宙斯”，影响了包括狄更斯、歌德、巴尔扎克等一代又一代的文学家，并同古希腊三大悲剧家埃斯库罗斯（Aeschylus）、索福克勒斯（Sophocles）及欧里庇得斯（Euripides）合称戏剧史上的四大悲剧家。

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a poet, playwright, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of Avon, Shakespeare’s vast body of work includes comedic, tragic, and historical plays; poems; and 154 sonnets. His dramatic works have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.