The protagonist of Orhan Pamuk's fiendishly engaging novel islaunched into a world of hypnotic texts and (literally) Byzantineconspiracies that whirl across the steppes and forlorn frontiertowns of Turkey. And with The New Life, Pamuk himself vaults fromthe forefront of his country's writers into the arena of worldliterature. Through the single act of reading a book, a youngstudent is uprooted from his old life and identity. Within days hehas fallen in love with the luminous and elusive Janan; witnessedthe attempted assassination of a rival suitor; and forsaken hisfamily to travel aimlessly through a nocturnal landscape oftraveler's cafes and apocalyptic bus wrecks. As imagined by Pamuk,the result is a wondrous marriage of the intellectual thriller andhigh romance. Translated from the Turkish by Guneli Gun.

Almayer’s Folly, Joseph Conrad’s first novel, is a tale ofpersonal tragedy as well as a broader meditation on the evils ofcolonialism. Set in the lush jungle of Borneo in the late 1800s, ittells of the Dutch merchant Kaspar Almayer, whose dreams of richesfor his beloved daughter, Nina, collapse under the weight of hisown greed and prejudice. Nadine Gordimer writes in herIntroduction, “Conrad’s writing is lifelong questioning . . . Whatwas ‘Almayer’s Folly’? The pretentious house never lived in? Hisobsession with gold? His obsessive love for his daughter, whoseprogenitors, the Malay race, he despised? All three?” Conradestablished in Almayer’s Folly the themes of betrayal, isolation,and colonialism that he would explore throughout the rest of hislife and work.

From a Turkish writer who has been compared with Borges,Nabokov, and DeLillo comes a dazzling novel that is at once acaptivating work of historical fiction and a sinuous treatise onthe enigma of identity and the relations between East and West. Inthe 17th century, a young Italian scholar sailing from Venice toNaples is taken prisoner and delivered to Constantinople There hefalls into the custody of a scholar known as Hoja--"master"--a manwho is his exact double. In the years that follow, the slaveinstructs his master in Western science and technology, frommedicine to pyrotechnics. But Hoja wants to know more: why he andhis captive are the persons they are and whether, given knowledgeof each other's most intimate secrets, they could actually exchangeidentities. Set in a world of magnificent scholarship andterrifying savagery, The White Castle is a colorful and intricatelypatterned triumph of the imagination. Translated from the Turkishby Victoria Holbrook.

Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, theChrist-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in atangle of love, torn between two women—the notorious kept womanNastasya and the pure Aglaia—both involved, in turn, with thecorrupt, money-hungry Ganya. In the end, Myshkin’s honesty,goodness, and integrity are shown to be unequal to the moralemptiness of those around him. In her revision of the Garnetttranslation, Anna Brailovsky has corrected inaccuracies wrought byGarnett’s drastic anglicization of the novel, restoring as much aspossible the syntactical structure of the original.

The dramatic concluding months of The Wars of the Rosesprovide the setting for Shakespeare’s incomparable saga of powerand intrigue. Under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and EricRasmussen, two of today’s most accomplished Shakespearean scholars,this Modern Library series incorporates definitive texts andauthoritative notes from William Shakespeare: CompleteWorks. Each play includes an Introduction as well as anoverview of Shakespeare’s theatrical career; commentary on past andcurrent productions based on interviews with leading directors,actors, and designers; scene-by-scene analysis; key facts about thework; a chronology of Shakespeare’s life and times; andblack-and-white illustrations. Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers,these modern and accessible editions set a new standard inShakespearean literature for the twenty-first century.

Hailed as one of Joseph Conrad's finest literary achievements,this is the story of a young man unwittingly caught in thepolitical turmoil of pre-Revolutionary czarist Russia. A grippingnovel that ultimately questions our capacity for moral strength andthe depths of human integrity. This new edition includes commentaryand a reading group guide.

Shakespeare became famous as a dazzling poet before most peopleeven knew that he wrote plays. His sonnets are the Englishlanguage's most extraordinary anatomy of love in all itsdimensions-desire and despair, longing and loss, adoration anddisgust. To read them is to confront morality and eternity in thesame breath. Produced under the editorial supervision of JonathanBate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today's most accomplishedShakespearean scholars, The Sonnets and Other Poems includes all ofShakespeare's sonnets, the long narrative poems "Venus and Adonis"and "The Rape of Lucrece," and several other shorter works.Incorporating definitive texts and authoritative notes from WilliamShakespeare: Complete Works, this unique volume also includes anexpanded Introduction by Jonathan Bate that places the poems inliterary and historical context and illuminates their relationshipto Shakespeare's dramatic writing. Also featured are key factsabout the individual selections; an index of the first lines of thesonnets; a chron

"The Age of Innocence," one of Edith Wharton's mostrenowned novels and the first by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize,exquisitely details the struggle between love and responsibilitythrough the experiences of men and women in Gilded Age New York.The novel follows Newland Archer, a young, aristocratic lawyerengaged to the cloistered, beautiful May Welland. When May'sdisgraced cousin Ellen arrives from Europe, fleeing her marriage toa Polish Count, her worldly, independent nature intrigues Archer,who soon falls in love with her. Trapped by his passionlessrelationship with May and the social conventions that forbid arelationship with Ellen, Archer finds himself torn betweenpossibility and duty. Wharton's profound understanding of hercharacters' lives makes the triangle of Archer, May, and Ellen cometo life with an irresistible urgency. A wry, incisive look at theways in which love and emotion must negotiate the complex rules ofhigh society, "The Age of Innocence" is one of Wharton's finest,most illuminative w

One of the last plays Shakespeare penned on his own, TheWinter’s Tale is a transcendent work of death and rebirth,exploring irrational sexual jealousy, the redemptive world ofnature, and the magical power of art. Under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and EricRasmussen, two of today’s most accomplished Shakespearean scholars,this Modern Library series incorporates definitive texts andauthoritative notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works. Eachplay includes an Introduction as well as an overview ofShakespeare’s theatrical career; commentary on past and currentproductions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, anddesigners; scene-by-scene analysis; key facts about the work; achronology of Shakespeare’s life and times; and black-and-whiteillustrations. Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers,these modern and accessible editions from the Royal ShakespeareCompany set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for thetwenty-first century

Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day forbeauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, andbrown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for theblond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her tofinally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowlystarts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. Apowerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity,Toni Morrison's virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions aboutrace, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that havealways characterized her writing.

The series of which this title forms a part examines the wayin which all the major editions of Shakespeare's plays have beeninterpolated by a series of editors who have been systematicallychanging Shakespeare's texts from the 18th century onwards. Thistext looks at "Measure for Measure". --This text refers to anout of print or unavailable edition of this title.

After traveling the world to exotic lands, Alexandra, Jane,and Sukie–now widowed but still witches–return to the Rhode Islandseaside t own of Eastwick, “the scene of their primes,” site oftheir enchanted mischief more than three decades ago. DiabolicalDarryl Van Horne is gone, and what was once a center of license andliberation is now a “haven of wholesomeness” populated by hockeymoms and househusbands acting out against the old ways of their ownabsent, experimenting parents. With spirits still willing but fleshweaker, the three women must confront a powerful new counterspellof conformity. In this wicked and wonderful novel, John Updike isat his very best–a legendary master of literary magic up to his olddelightful tricks.

《The Norton Anthology of English Literature : Roman》讲述了：Readby millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthologyof English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate surveyof English literature available and one of the most successfulcollege texts ever published. Firmly grounded by the hallmarkstrengths of all Norton Anthologies—thorough and helpfulintroductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts whereverpossible—The Norton Anthology of English Literature has beenrevitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaborationbetween six new editors and six seasoned ones. Under the directionof Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor, the editors havereconsidered all aspects of the anthology to make it an even betterteaching tool.

在线阅读本书 The story of an Ancient Roman soldier whose political machinationsand military might gain him heroic status, but ultimately lead tohis assassination.

Fashioned from the same experiences that would inspire themasterpiece Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi isMark Twain’s most brilliant and most personal nonfiction work. Itis at once an affectionate evocation of the vital river life in thesteamboat era and a melancholy reminiscence of its passing afterthe Civil War, a priceless collection of humorous anecdotes andfolktales, and a unique glimpse into Twain’s life before he beganto write. Written in a prose style that has been hailed as among thegreatest in English literature, Life on the Mississippi established Twain as not only the most popular humorist of his timebut also America’s most profound chronicler of the humancomedy.

Whether you've lost weight by doing Atkins and want to make your success permanent, or you're new to Atkins and are concerned about your health and weight control, Atkins for Life is for you. Filled with advice and tips on navigating the everyday challenges that can come with eating low carb in a high carb world, this book provides a simple and straightforward lifetime program that anyone can follow. With Atkins for Life, finding your goal weight and staying there has never been so easy--or so tasty!

Since its publication in 1905 The House of Mirth has commandedattention for the sharpness of Wharton's observations and the powerof her style. Its heroine, Lily Bart, is beautiful, poor, andunmarried at 29. In her search for a husband with money andposition she betrays her own heart and sows the seeds of thetragedy that finally overwhelms her. The House of Mirth is a lucid,disturbing analysis of the stifling limitations imposed upon womenof Wharton's generation. Herself born into Old New York Society,Wharton watched as an entirely new set of people living by newcodes of conduct entered the metropolitan scene. In telling thestory of Lily Bart, who must marry to survive, Wharton recasts theage-old themes of family, marriage, and money in ways thattransform the traditional novel of manners into an arresting moderndocument of cultural anthropology. --This text refers to an outof print or unavailable edition of this title.

Here is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback;Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest torturedby his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony,it is a work that gives full play to the author's brilliantimagination.

At forty, the writer Nathan Zuckerman comes down with amysterious affliction--pure pain, beginning in his neck andshoulders, invading his torso, and taking possession of his spirit.Zuckerman, whose work was his life, is unable to write a line. Nowhis work is trekking from one doctor to another, but none can finda cause for the pain and nobody can assuage it. Zuckerman himselfwonders if the pain can have been caused by his own books. Andwhile he is wondering, his dependence on painkillers grows into anaddiction to vodka, marijuana, and Percodan. The Anatomy Lesson isa great comedy of illness written in what the English criticHermione Lee has described as "a manner at once...brash andthoughtful... lyrical and wry, which projects through comicexpostulations and confessions...a knowing, humane authority." Thethird volume of the trilogy and epilogue "Zuckerman Bound," TheAnatomy Lesson provides some of the funniest scenes in all ofRoth's fiction as well as some of the fiercest.