书名：Romeo and Juliet罗密欧与朱丽叶
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数880
作者：William Shakespeare
出版社名称：Bantam Classic
出版时间：2007
语种：英文
ISBN：9780553213058
商品尺寸：10.5 x 2.2 x 17.5 cm
包装：简装
页数：290

Romeo and Juliet《罗密欧与朱丽叶》是莎士比亚早期的一部爱情悲剧，写于1579年。本剧通过波澜起伏的戏剧冲突，描绘了一场惊天地泣鬼神的爱情悲剧。男女主人公罗密欧与朱丽叶一见钟情，但因出生于两个世代为仇的封建家族而根本不可能结合，后双双殉情而死。此剧虽属悲剧，但整个作品又与莎士比亚同时期的喜剧精神相通，人物形象鲜明生动，情节既单纯又曲折。适合英语学习者及对经典英语文学作品，莎士比亚系列小说感兴趣的读者。
推荐理由：
1.莎士比亚经典悲剧作品，名人、高校推荐阅读书单必备；
2.注解清晰完整，便于读者对于古英语形式的理解；
3.此版本为David Bevington & David Scott Kastan修订版，生动引入及与时俱进的知识解说有助于读者理解小说内容；
4.印刷清晰，体积轻巧，方便携带。
Romeo and Julietis a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.
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5.An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography

罗密欧和朱丽叶是两个世仇家族的继承人，二人于舞会一见钟情后，才知道对方身份，后来二人为了在一起，朱丽叶先服假毒装死，醒来发现罗密欧却因不明真相而殉情，结果也相继自尽。故事结束在阴差阳错，令人扼腕顿足。
In a society dominated by religion and bound by ties of strict family loyalty, two teenagers are trapped by their secret love. As a dangerous vendetta spills onto the streets, the young lovers are forced to risk all to be together in Shakespeare’s fast-paced tragedy of thwarted love.

William Shakespeare威廉·莎士比亚（1564-1616）是英国文艺复兴时期伟大的戏剧家和诗人，也是欧洲文艺复兴时期人文主义文学的集大成者，近代欧洲文学的奠基人之一。他共写有37部戏剧，154首14行诗，两首长诗和其他诗歌。代表作有四大悲剧：《哈姆雷特》《奥赛罗》《李尔王》《麦克白》。四大喜剧：《第十二夜》《仲夏夜之梦》《威尼斯商人》《皆大欢喜》。历史剧：《亨利四世》《亨利六世》《理查二世》等。
他是“英国戏剧之父”，本·琼斯称他为“时代的灵魂”，被称为“人类文学奥林匹斯山上的宙斯”。
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.

Introduction
Romeo and Julieton Stage
Romeo and Julieton Screen
The Playhouse
ROMEO AND JULIET
Date and Text
Textual Notes
Shakespeare’s Sources
Further Reading
Memorable Lines

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.
The fearful passage of their death-marked love,
And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove,
Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ear attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.