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    適讀人群 :12--17                                   悲劇《哈姆雷特》代錶莎士比亞的最高戲劇成就,成為世界各國人民最喜歡的文學作品之一。描述丹麥王駕崩後,守夜衛兵看見老王幽魂齣現。告知哈姆雷特王子。而王子的叔父服喪未滿,即娶其嫂繼承王位。王子與幽魂對話,獲知叔父謀害父王之真相。王子為證實真相裝瘋賣傻,導演瞭一齣老王被毒殺的短劇,請新王與新後觀賞。新王當即臉色大變,被哈姆雷特看穿,確信瞭父親的靈魂所言屬實。新王把哈姆雷特送到瞭英國,暗中拜托英皇殺瞭他。哈姆雷特的情人飽受失戀之苦加上父親被王子誤殺,精神崩潰墜入湖中溺死。而她的哥哥想為父妹報仇,與哈姆雷特比劍,用一把毒劍傷瞭哈姆雷特;後者劍術超他一等,最終擊敗瞭他,在臨死前,他道齣瞭新王的陰謀。事實揭穿後,皇後慌亂中飲鴆而亡。哈姆雷特殺瞭新王,自己也因劍毒發作而死。                 
內容簡介
   Each edition includes:
- Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
- Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
- Scene-by-scene plot summaries
- A key to famous lines and phrases
- An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
- An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
- Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essay by Michael Neill
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs.     
作者簡介
   William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community. William probably went to the King's New School in Stratford, but he had no university education. In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna. She was born on May 26, 1583. Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585. By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright. A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as "an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers." Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain's Men (later under James I, called the King's Men). In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain's Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River. Here many of Shakespeare's plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen, and he wrote poems, including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609. In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as The Tempest and Henry VII until about 1613. He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.     
前言/序言
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					《失落的鏇律:布萊剋伍德莊園的秘密》  作者: 伊萊恩·費捨爾 (Elaine Fisher)  裝幀: 精裝  頁數: 480頁  齣版年份: 2023年  ---  內容簡介:  一麯關於記憶、失落與傢族宿命的低沉挽歌。  《失落的鏇律:布萊剋伍德莊園的秘密》並非關於丹麥王子的悲劇,而是一部深入探索二十世紀上半葉英國貴族生活陰影的哥特式懸疑小說。故事的核心聚焦於艾米莉亞·凡斯(Emilia Vance),一位年輕的音樂學院畢業生,她被迫迴到她從未真正認識的童年故居——位於蘇格蘭高地雲霧繚繞中的布萊剋伍德莊園,處理她疏遠的祖母,即莊園最後一位女主人薇薇安爵士夫人(Lady Vivian)的遺産。  布萊剋伍德莊園,一座宏偉卻日益腐朽的維多利亞式建築,自薇薇安爵士夫人去世後便沉寂如謎。莊園的曆史充滿瞭不祥的傳聞,尤其圍繞著五十年前,艾米莉亞的曾叔父——一位纔華橫溢但性情古怪的作麯傢——在一次神秘的火災中喪生一事。當地人至今仍低語著關於“被吞噬的樂章”和遊蕩在莊園花園中的幽靈鋼琴師的故事。  艾米莉亞的到來,打破瞭布萊剋伍德數十年的死寂。她發現自己繼承的並非財富,而是一堆塵封的信件、未完成的樂譜殘片,以及一個被傢族成員集體噤聲的黑暗秘密。薇薇安爵士夫人留下的遺囑異常苛刻:艾米莉亞必須在莊園內居住滿一年,並成功修復莊園內那架曆史悠久、被認為無法修復的史坦威大鋼琴——那架據說曾是作麯傢最愛樂器的“黑曜石之心”——方能繼承莊園的全部權屬。  隨著艾米莉亞對莊園曆史的挖掘加深,她開始察覺到,這座宅邸內殘留的不僅僅是舊傢具的味道。那些殘缺的樂譜似乎隱藏著某種密碼,每一次彈奏鋼琴的嘗試,都會引發一係列令人不安的現象:夜半的低語、衣櫥中不該存在的舊衣物、以及那股若有似無的熏香氣味,如同某種儀式留下的餘燼。  傢族的幽靈與被壓抑的藝術  小說巧妙地編織瞭兩個時間綫。一方麵是艾米莉亞在現代試圖拼湊真相的過程,她結識瞭當地沉默寡言的圖書管理員,一位對布萊剋伍德傢族曆史深有研究的學者,兩人閤作解開那些泛黃的日記本中的隱喻。另一方麵,故事穿插瞭二十世紀初,作麯傢盧西安·凡斯(Lucien Vance)充滿激情與掙紮的創作生涯。盧西安的音樂被描述為具有催眠般的魔力,但他的纔華似乎也招緻瞭傢族內部的嫉妒與控製。  艾米莉亞很快發現,她曾叔父的死並非意外,而是與他最後一部未完成的交響樂——《湮滅之境》——緊密相關。這部樂麯據信因其過於前衛和挑戰傳統禁忌的內容,被傢族視為一種恥辱,並被蓄意掩埋。艾米莉亞開始通過那些碎片化的樂譜和祖母生前的隱晦提示,嘗試重建這首“被禁止的音樂”。  然而,每當她接近真相的核心,一股強大的、似乎來自莊園本身的力量就會阻撓她。是莊園內的冷漠守門人喬治老管傢的刻意隱瞞?還是那個對傢族名譽極度看重的遠房錶親的阻撓?亦或是,盧西安那份超越時代的藝術野心,其“失落的鏇律”真的擁有某種不為人知的、足以顛覆現實的魔力?  環境的刻畫與心理的張力  費捨爾以其細膩的筆觸,將布萊剋伍德莊園描繪成一個活生生的角色。蘇格蘭高地的狂風、常年的濕冷、以及莊園內那些被厚重天鵝絨和紫杉木包裹的房間,共同營造齣一種令人窒息的壓抑感。室內光綫總是昏暗的,藝術品和傢具仿佛在監視著每一個闖入者。  隨著故事的深入,艾米莉亞的心理狀態也開始齣現裂痕。她對音樂的癡迷,與她對傢族秘密的探求交織在一起,使她分不清哪些是祖母留下的綫索,哪些是孤獨與恐懼産生的幻覺。她發現自己對那架“黑曜石之心”的彈奏越來越有心得,仿佛她的手指並非完全屬於自己,而是被某種沉睡已久的記憶所引導。  主題探討  《失落的鏇律》探討瞭藝術的代價、傢族責任對個人自由的壓製,以及時間如何腐蝕真相的本質。它追問:究竟是藝術的禁忌導緻瞭悲劇,還是傢族的偏執扼殺瞭天纔?艾米莉亞的旅程,不僅是修復一架鋼琴,更是修復一段被謊言扭麯的曆史,並最終決定是否要讓那首“失落的鏇律”重見天日,哪怕這鏇律會揭示齣足以摧毀她自己身份的真相。  這是一部節奏沉穩、氛圍濃鬱的作品,適閤那些偏愛心理深度、細緻入微的環境描寫,以及隱藏在華麗錶象下的哥特式懸疑的讀者。最終的揭示,並非一個簡單的謀殺謎團,而是一場關於傳承與解放的、震撼心靈的音樂審判。讀者將被引導穿越迷霧,直至聽見那最後一個、也是最真實的音符。