Những Tác Phẩm Để Đời Của Shakespeare

by Nhiều tác giả

William Shakespeare - kịch tác gia,nhà thơ vĩ đại người Anh đã không còn xa lạ gì đối với mỗi chúng ta. Bằng sức sáng tạo dồi dào và trí tưởng tượng phi thường của mình, ông đã sáng tác khoảng 40 vở kịch và hơn 150 bài thơ. Những tác phẩm của ông mang một tầm ảnh hưởng vô cùng sâu rộng đến đời sống văn hóa thế giới trong những thập kỷ qua. Không chỉ tạo ra những nhân vật kinh điển mang tính biểu tượng cao như: Hamlet, Romeo, Juliet... Shakespeare còn đóng góp một số lượng lớn khoảng hơn 1700 từ mới cho kho từ vựng tiếng Anh. Nhân kỷ niệm 400 ngày mất của nhân vật lớn này, nhà xuất bản Kim Đồng đã tập hợp lại những vở kịch được cho là nổi tiếng nhất, kinh điển nhất để tạo nên Những Tác Phẩm Để Đời Của Shakespeare để tôn vinh trí tuệ và tài năng vượt lên trên tầm thời đại của ông.

Bên cạnh đó, cuốn sách còn được minh họa bằng những trang màu hấp dẫn để tạo cho người đọc cảm giác thoải mái, gần gũi hơn.

Genres: Childrens, Classics, Shakespeare, Fiction, Middle Grade, Picture Books, Short Stories

415 pages, Hardcover

First published September 24, 2010

About the author

Tập hợp các cuốn sách do nhiều tác giả viết ở Việt Nam

Reviews

[Ruth Donigian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This wonder little collection was one of my favorite books growing up…which explains a lot.
It’s still in my house though the cover is missing as are a couple pages from over a decade of love. If that’s not a testament to its excellence I don’t know what is.

[Tran · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quyển sách dầy hự đọc trong có vòng non tiếng. Vì sách cho trẻ em nên hình là chính, chữ rất ít. Sách làm công nhận đẹp, nhưng đọc thì ko thấy hay lắm, cả ở phần quote của Shakepears. Có thể do dịch ko hay nữa.
Mình cứ hy vọng đọc thì sẽ biết được thêm 1 số câu kinh điển của cụ như To be or not to be, nhưng lại chả thấy nhắc đến.

Mình vẫn nghĩ kịch là để xem chứ ko phải để đọc, nên 2 vở kịch mà mình rất thích và đọc (có đọc đi đocj lại hẳn hoi) duy nhất là của Molier Lão hà tiện và Trưởng giả học làm sang. Hồi xưa nhà mình dựng được vở Trưởng giả hay kinh điển với những từ giờ bà con vẫn dùng như quý xờ tộc. Dông dài thế để nói là Shakespears em chưa có đọc tý nào dù cũng có thích Romeo và Giuliet (nhưng đau buồn quá, hài tuy có nhưng cũng ko xem nhiều được)

Quyển này vì vậy rất tốt cho các bạn chưa đọc Shakespears để nắm được nội dung của các vở kịch nổi tiếng nhất của ông. Giống như các văn hào khác, khoan nói tới vẻ đẹp của ngôn ngữ, mới lớp lang ý nghĩa ẩn dụ này nọ, nội dung cốt truyện của các tác phẩm của các cụ bao giờ cũng rất hấp dẫn. Đọc xong cái này lại muốn tìm tiếp quyển rút gọn khác (dành cho ng lớn hơn tý) để biết thêm mấy câu kinh điển, điển tích dắt lưng :P

À mà đọc xong lại thấy phim Shakepears in Love hay hơn 1 tý, vì biết thêm nhiều tình huống trong phim là trích ở vở nào (trc biết mỗi Romeo mới Người lái buôn)

Quyển này tiếng việt là do Kim Đồng làm nhé

[Madeline · Rating 5 out of 5]

If more people could read editions like this as children, they'd enjoy Shakespeare more when they got older. The plots are much easier to understand for young readers, yet the writer keeps the comedic timing and drama or the original plays. She also sprinkles original lines throughout so that they'll recognize allusions like, "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."

[Hanieh Sadat Shobeiri · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5

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اقتباس خیلی خیلی جذابی بود! هم تصاویر خیلی دلنشینی داشت هم متنش به خوبی خلاصه شده بود (نه اونقدر خلاصه که داستان مُثله بشه نه اونقدر طولانی که خواننده رو خسته کنه).
در کل برای بچه‌های ۸ تا ۱۵ سال پیشنهادش می‌کنم (البته که خودم با ۲۵ سال سن شدیداً از خوندنش لذت بردم.)

ترجمه‌ش هم با اسم داستان‌هایی از ویلیام شکسپیر، ترجمه‌ی مرتضی سعیدپور، توسط انتشارات توت‌فرنگی به چاپ رسیده🍓

[Kiera · Rating 4 out of 5]

always a nice read

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great introduction to some of Shakespeare's works!

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

This kid-friendly book features 6 of his most iconic plays: Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night Midsummer Night's Dream, The Scottish Play, and Hamlet.
Each abbreviated-ish plot gives a mostly kid-friendly storyline, character profiles, quotes from the play (good for 3rd grade reading level)
*Also includes a biography of Shakespeare's life, his works, and gives creative insight into his storytelling;
Also includes links to Usborne website and additional reading suggestions

[Kristin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a wonderful and gentle way to introduce Shakespeare. My kiddos loved it. We have used it several times to when we needed to remind ourselves who the characters were in the play.

[Arissa Shahriar · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Shakespeare’s play and stories.

[JJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet are a a couple from the 2 families that hated each other. Their families were the top 2 richest family in Verona, Italy. Romeo loves Juliet, Juliet loves Romeo. But Juliet was about to marry Count Paris and she doesn't want to but her family wants her to. Juliet's brother killed Romeo's friend so Romeo stabbed Juliet's brother so now he's got kicked out of town. What are they going to do because later she'll marry Count Paris.


Hamlet

Hamlet is a prince in Denmark but the king (Hamlet's father) didn't stayed for long. Hamlet saw a ghost, the ghost is his father. His father said that he wants to revenge his brother (Hamlet's uncle which now married Hamlet's mother), because he's the one who poisoned him. So now Hamlet tries everything to kill his uncle so now he must avenge.

[Bryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good bundle of Shakespeare's plays retold. Fun illustations.

[Kelsey Bogus · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a children's book, it was really good.

[Ben Truong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Illustrated Stories From Shakespeare is a picture book anthology based on William Shakespeare and retold by Rosie Dickins, Anna Claybourne, Lesley Sims, Conrad Mason, and Louie Stowell and is illustrated by Christa Unzner-Fischer, Jana Costa, and Serena Riglietti. Historically, today is considered William Shakespeare's birthday (23 April) – he would have been four hundred and fifty-four today if he still lived. So I thought it would be apropos to read this book today.

The authors summarized six Shakespearean plays extremely well and rather faithfully into modern English and making it age appropriate, without losing the spirit – the "je ne sais quoi" that is William Shakespeare, which I thought would be next to impossible to do. I am extremely happy that they kept some of William Shakespeare's more famous quotes and soliloquies intact and italicize to show that it was written by The Bard, himself. The six plays that this anthology tackles are: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and The Tempest.

The illustrations are also done extremely well – I'm not sure if its period accurate, but it seems that way. I liked how they done the Dramatis Personae at the beginning of each play – not only do they list the major characters, but they show an illustration on how they look like too. The illustrations are done really well, bright and colorful, and reminiscent of watercolor paintings. It gives a surreal feeling to each and every play, which I really like because plays are generally needed to be seen or at least depicted to get the full effect of what the playwright wanted to convey.

There is also a concise and rather accurate mini-biography of William Shakespeare himself at the end, which is rather helpful and much appreciated. It also provided links for further reading of the Bard himself. It is a brief biography, but a good one nevertheless – it gives an informed biography of the man behind the plays.

All in all, Illustrated Stories From Shakespeare is a wonderful collection of summarisation of six of The Bard's most popular plays with equally wonderful illustration accompanying them. It is a wonderful introduction for anyone to William Shakespeare and his plays.

[OliviaD_E2 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book lets me understand the plays William Shakespeare wrote because it uses modern language to tell the story. Before a story starts, the characters would always be introduced, described with a relationship with another character, so it would be clear to the readers what was or would be happening. The book would sometimes include quotes from the original play, and I could figure out the main meaning of them because I know what is going on in the story. It includes very well-drawn pictures that show me what the play would've looked like during Shakespeare's time, and the costumes the actors would've worn. Aside from the top plays and detailed drawings, the book also has a part called "The Life and Times of William Shakespeare", which helped me to understand him and his stories, as well as a small part of history of the 1560s to 1610s.

[Bo A King · Rating 5 out of 5]

We loved this book. What a fun and easy way to introduce kids to Shakespeare, especially for homeschool families. The illustrations are beautiful. There are some pictures, in Hamlet and Macbeth, that could be a little scary for younger kids, but all of my kids enjoyed reading this book out loud. I also really appreciated that the authors included lines from Shakespeare’s original plays so that you get a taste of what the plays sound like. These stories are written in modern English to make the stories easily understandable for kids, but the inclusion of those original lines gives a taste of old English, which we loved. We also really enjoyed that they included a biography on Shakespeare’s life and background on how and why he wrote his plays at the end.

[What Angie Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

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. Full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme.Age 7+
The stories of six of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, beautifully retold and illustrated for children growing in reading confidence. Includes Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest as well as a short biography of the bard himself. Each story is introduced with a summary and pictures of the characters. With internet links to websites where children can listen to extracts from the plays and find out more about William Shakespeare.

[Emily Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this with the hope of reading it with my children so they could understand the basic stories of some of Shakespeare’a greatest works but I didn’t end up reading it to them! I enjoyed it MYSELF. Which is maybe silly but I loved the colorful illustrations and learned much of what I had forgotten even though I have read the plays and seen the movies. It was probably intended for children but I liked it for me :) I consumed it in a day which is not like me since I get about a thousand interruptions an hour!

[Nivea Torres · Rating 4 out of 5]

A colorful collection of six of William Shakespeare's plays: "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Hamlet", "Macbeth", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Tempest", and "Twelfth Night". This is a great introduction to Shakespeare for young readers. At the end of the book there is a brief biography of Shakespeare with a list of his works.

[Lavender · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed 'Twelfth Night' the best but other tales were equally amazing including 'Macbeth', 'Midsummer Night's Dream' and 'Rome and Juliet'. I'm 21 and I wanted to get started off with Shakespeare but wasn't able to so this was the best way. Of course, some may call me crazy but it's better to at least read something in some way than not read Shakespeare at all 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Debbie Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

What fun to re-read the tales of Shakespeare! Each story starts with a short summary, a description of the characters, a map. The book ends with a synopsis is Shakespeare’s life and internet links to tour Shakespeare’s home and early Dayan Beautiful watercolory illustrations. A fun way to review what you know, share with children or get acquainted with some of Shakespeare’s stories.

[prachspeaks · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simplified yet teasy easy-reading version of selected Shakespeare's stories.

Personally love the word choice used in these adaptations.

The illustration complements the storytelling very well, with some quotes interestingly picked from the original lines.

Quite sure this is meant for children, but the book did me good as a newbie to Shakespeare's.

[Tori (Book Chick) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun way to introduce the works of Shakespeare. The illustrations were fun and the play summaries were easy to understand. I liked that some original lines were on the pages in italics. Romeo and Juliet is still my favorite. It was my daughter's favorite too. :)

[dudeurfugly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this book for many reasons. one because the words are expressive, second because they write actual lines written by Shakespeare. Naturally, I really like Shakespeare especially his topics.

[C.G.Koens · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this is a nice introduction to Shakespeare for kids... they've majorly simplified the stories, but it gives you a general idea of the characters and the plots, and the kids enjoyed it being read out loud to them.

[Iris · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s very well done, but be aware it still includes several suicides in some plays (accurate to the source materials). There is illustrated blood. There are plays included that are still enjoyable to younger children that might find the other plays a bit more geared towards the 12+ age range

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved how it was all saily, and um so many monsters and so many dead people, and Greek myths. I liked how Gods were coming down and I liked how Poseidon was in it. Thank you for watching the review.

[Megan B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun way to introduce kids to Shakespeare. My boys love these and read them over and over again.

[n-za · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cerita² di dalamnya lumayan bagus. Pembawaan kata² nya mudah untuk dipahami

[Emmaline]

Great book, I would have nether been able to read just Shakespeare, and the pics are awesome. What is your favorite story?

[Michelle Rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such great way to introduce kids to Shakespeare!