2007年11月21日水曜日

Book Review 2-10 "Shakespeare His Life And Plays"

This book is written about William Shakespeare, the greatest dramatist in England.
He was born 22nd April 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon. His childhood was quite happy and he was the best student at a famous school. He could certainly read Latin, French, and Italian. But his plays are clearly the work of a professional man of the theatre, so there is the mystery "Did Shakespeare writes them?" There are few historical material about Shakespeare. His letter, diary, and manuscript too. There is a mystery in his plays. Because his plays can't write without knowledge of law or the classics. Therefore, there are some opinions that the name "Shakespeare" is another dramatist's false name. I surprised about that!
I noticed Christopher Marlowe is the living image of Shakespeare. I do not know the fact, but it is very interest view.
He wrote many plays. For example, "Midsummer Night's Dream", "Othello", "Hamlet", "Romeo and Juliet". I want to read his all the plays!! But it is difficult to read his play in the original for me...

Book Review 2-9 "Cinderella and Other Stories"

This book contains 4 stories of some fairy tale princess.
Snow white, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and Beast. This book is level 1, so it is easy to read.
I think most of people know about those stories, but I really enjoyed about this book because I have wanted to become a princess when I was a child. (^^;)
I thought it is good to read a fairy tale story once in a while.
After I read this book, I come to want to watch Disney movie☆

Book Review 2-8 "Notting Hill"

This story was made by the same director of "Love Actually". I like both stories. In both of movies, Hugh Grant is acting. I like him very much. (^ω^)

In the case of "Love Actually", famous man and an ordinarily woman fall in love, but in "Notting Hill", their position is change. A famous woman and an ordinarily man fall in love.
I want to talk about in detail about this book, but I can not remember their name... I'm sorry.

There are an ordinarily man lives in Notting Hill. He runs a bookstore there, but no customer.
One day, a beautiful woman visits his store. Surprisingly, she was Anna who is a famous Hollywood movie star. (Oh, I remembered her name!!) And they are fall in love.

I think it is very romantic because should not fall in love in usually for they are famous movie star and an ordinarily man. Anna worry about that, and Hugh worry too. "I live in Notting Hill, but she lives Beverly Hills." ←I impressed on this line.
Overcoming a lot of difficulty, the couple finally got married. If you have not read or watched this story, I recommend reading this!!