by William Shakespeare · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780195971446
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«The Merchant of Venice and Other Stories from Shakespeare's Plays» is the Oxford graded reader, level 3, based on works by William Shakespeare.
It brings together five adaptations of Shakespeare's plays: The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, The Tempest, Hamlet and King Lear. In the title story, the moneylender Shylock demands a pound of flesh from Antonio when he fails to pay his debt; in Hamlet, the prince swears to avenge his father's murder. Revenge, betrayal and magic, from Scotland to Denmark.
Published in 2005, it belongs to the Oxford Progressive English Readers series, level 3, edited by David Foulds. Paperback, 92 pages, in English.
For students of English as a foreign language and readers aged 16 and over.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, 3 long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
