The work, edited by his sister Henrietta Maria Bowdler, was intended to provide a version of Shakespeare that was more appropriate than the original for 19th-century women and children.
这部由其妹亨利塔·玛丽亚·鲍德勒协助编辑的作品，旨在提供一个较原版更为适合十九世纪的妇女儿童阅读的莎士比亚集的版本。