The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Bantam Classics) [Paperback] 汤姆索维亚历险记 Mark Twain (Author), Alfred Kazin (Afterword) Product Details Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Bantam Classics (January 1, 1995) Language: English ISBN-10: 0553211285 ISBN-13: 978-0553211283 Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.5 x 7 inches Book De*ion Sparkling with mischief, jumping with youthful adventure, Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer is one of the most splendid re-creations of childhood in all of literature. It is a lighthearted romp, full of humor and warmth. It shares with its sequel, Huckleberry Finn, not only a set of unforgettable characters--Tom, Huck, Aunt Polly and others--but a profound understanding of humanity as well. Through such hilarious scenes as the famous fence-whitewashing incident, Twain gives a portrait--perceptive yet tender--of a humanity rendered foolish by his own aspirations and obsessions. Written as much for adults as for young boys and girls, Tom S

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Table of Contents: An orphan who endures a harsh childhood, Jane Eyre becomes governess at Thornfield Hall in the employment of the mysterious Mr. Rochester. Jane's moral pilgrimage and the maturity of Charlotte Bronte's characterization are celebrated aspects of the novel, as is its imagery and narrative power. Rapidly reprinted following its first publication in 1847, Jane Eyre still enjoys huge popularity as one of the finest novels in the English language. Biographical Note: Emily Jane Bront was the most solitary member of a unique, tightly-knit, English provincial family. Born in 1818, she shared the parsonage of the town of Haworth, Yorkshire, with her older sister, Charlotte, her brother, Branwell, her younger sister, Anne, and her father, The Reverend Patrick Bront . All five were poets and writers; all but Branwell would publish at least one book. Fantasy was the Bront children s one relief from the rigors of religion and the bleakness of life in an impoverished region. They invent

书目信息 书号：9780553212785 装 帧：平装 作 者：Niccolo Machiavelli 页 数：176 语 言：English 出版社：Bantam Books Inc 开 本： 10.46 x 0.99 x 17.4 cm 出版日期：1 Aug. 1984 以上信息均为网络信息，仅供参考，具体以实物为准

With an Introduction and Notes by Sara Haslam, Department of English, The Open University. The Good Soldier is a masterpiece of twentieth-century fiction, an inspiration for many later, distinguished writers, including Graham Greene. Set before the First World War, it tells the tale of two wealthy and sophisticated couples, one English, one American, as they travel, socialise, and take the waters in the spa towns of Europe. They are 'playing the game', in style. That game has begun to unravel, however, and with compelling attention to the comic, as well as the tragic, results the American narrator reveals his growing awareness of the sexual intrigues and emotional betrayals that lie behind its facade.

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