书名：莎士比亚四大喜剧4册套装

作者：William Shakespeare
出版社名称：Penguin Press
出版时间：2015
语种：英文
商品尺寸：每册约12.7 x 1.5 x 19.6 cm
包装：平装
页数：约272页/册x 4册（以实物为准）
本套装《莎士比亚四大喜剧4册套装》收录了戏剧界经典的四个喜剧作品，均创作于莎士比亚的巅峰时期。一经发表便被翻译成各种语言，被全世界的戏剧迷奉为至宝。同时，莎翁的戏剧也是英语戏剧语言文学的代表，十分适合喜欢英语阅读或者希望提高英语学习成效的读者。

本套装包括如下4册书：
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream《仲夏夜之梦》
2. As You Like It《皆大欢喜》
3. The Merchant of Venice《威尼斯商人》
4. Twelfth Night《第十二夜》

推荐理由：
1.收录了莎士比亚4部经典的喜剧作品，方便文学爱好者阅读与对比；
2.各大名人、高校推荐阅读书单中不可缺少的作品；
3.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；
4.经典文学作品，有利于提高读者的英语阅读水平。
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream《仲夏夜之梦》

本书讲述了由具有魔力的“花汁”引起的感情冲突以及冲突被解决、有情人终成眷属的故事。雅典城内的两个男青年拉山德和狄米特律斯同时爱上了女青年赫米娅。而赫米娅深爱着拉山德，她为了反对父亲的包办婚姻与拉山德二人私奔逃入森林，深爱赫米娅的狄米特律斯和迷恋狄米特律斯的海丽娜也跟着赶到了森林里。森林里的仙王奥布朗为帮助有情人终成眷属，命令小精灵迫克趁狄米特律斯睡着时，把有魔力的花汁滴在他的眼睑上，他醒来后就会爱上睁眼后第1个看到的人。谁知迫克弄错对象，造成了一系列的冲突，在仙王奥布朗的帮助下，冲突得以解决，赫米娅和拉山德、海丽娜和狄米特律斯两对恋人在同一天举行婚礼。
Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where Oberon, the king of the fairies, and Titania, his queen, soon take an interest in human affairs, dispensing magical love potions and casting mischievous spells. In this dazzling comedy, confusion ends in harmony, as love is transformed, misplaced, and - ultimately - restored.

2. As You Like It《皆大欢喜》
故事的一条线索是：克劳狄奥向希罗求婚，得到希罗父亲的许可，但在婚礼上，阿拉贡亲王的庶弟约翰由于嫉妒，便找人捏造谗言，说希罗是没有节操的女子，对希罗进行侮辱，险些置希罗于死地。希罗的堂姐贝特丽丝想出计谋，让希罗假装死去，对外宣称希罗已经死了，然后查出真相，揭穿骗局，使得克劳狄奥与希罗重归于好。故事的另一条线索是：冤家对头培尼狄克和贝特丽丝都对婚姻持有傲慢的态度，但在亲王善意的暗中安排下，这两个人都认为对方爱恋着自己，从此低下各自高傲的头颅，对对方产生了真正的感情，弄假成真，步入了婚姻的殿堂，但仍然是一副相互嘲讽的样子。
When Rosalind is banished by her uncle Duke Frederick, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the forest of Arden where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves - Orlando, similarly forced into exile by his older brother Oliver - and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings or her. A gloriously sunny comedy, As You Like It is an exuberant combination of concealed identities and verbal jousting, reconciliations and multiple weddings.

3. 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.                                                 

4. Twelfth Night《第十二夜》
本书讲述一对相貌相同的孪生兄妹西巴斯辛和薇奥拉在一次航海事故中失散，薇奥拉以为哥哥西巴斯辛身遭不幸，便女扮男装，化名西萨里奥，投到当地奥西诺公爵的门下当侍童。奥西诺公爵派薇奥拉代其向年轻貌美而富有的伯爵小姐奥丽维娅求婚。可是，这时薇奥拉已经暗暗地爱上了主人奥西诺。而奥丽维娅却对代主求婚的薇奥拉一见钟情。事情变得微妙复杂了。后来，西巴斯辛和薇奥拉兄妹重逢，西巴斯辛和奥丽维娅相爱，奥西诺公爵被薇奥拉的品貌所感动，双双走到了一起。
Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy to serve the Duke of Illyria. Wooing a countess on his behalf, she is stunned to find herself the object of his beloved's affections. With the arrival of Viola's brother, and a trick played upon the countess's steward, confusion reigns in this romantic comedy of mistaken identity.
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.