本书是享誉世界的随笔大家兰姆姐弟合著的莎士比亚戏剧故事集，由著名文学翻译家萧乾翻译，是莎剧与广大读者之间的一座宝贵桥梁。兰姆姐弟擅长用孩子能读懂的语言讲述莎士比亚戏剧，他们在潜心研究莎剧后，精心整理、选择、裁剪、概括，每个故事的轮廓都清楚鲜明，既保留了原著的精华又降低了阅读门槛。无论是卓越的莎剧学者、著名的莎剧演员，还是千千万万喜爱莎剧的读者，起初都是通过这部启蒙性的著作而入门的。本书分为4册，包括10部喜剧、6部悲剧、4部传奇剧，精选32幅馆藏全彩油画，153幅世界名家配图。孩子越读越上瘾，越读越受益！
《巴比特》是一部反映美国商业文化繁盛时期城市商人生活的小说，不仅塑造了一个典型的商人形象 巴比特 ，还漫画式地表现了美国20世纪20年代商业文化的方方面面。 巴比养着一家人的衣食住行，拥有一套舒适的住宅，还有一辆好车，还有属于自己的事业。当然了，他没有不好的习惯，是个中规中矩的人，的缺点就是有时会吸烟，但他现在正在努力地戒掉。他经常去教堂祷告。为了减肥，他还经常打高尔夫。在他的生活圈里，都是见识广的名人。就是这样，他还是对他的人生不满！
本小套系选自 当代外国儿童文学名家 埃里希 凯斯特纳作品 系列，包含五册：《飞翔的教室》《埃米尔和三个孪生子》《埃米尔擒贼记》《小不点和安东》《两个小洛特》。这五册均为埃里希 凯斯特纳创作的以小说为体裁的作品，内容涉及家庭生活、学校生活、个人成长等多个方面。? 《飞翔的教室》 这是一本描摹孩子内心世界的书。这本书讲了五个性格迥异的孩子，每个人都有自己成长中的烦恼。孩子们究竟有什么样的烦恼？他们的烦恼又是怎么解决的呢？凯斯特纳说， 没有机智的勇敢，是胡闹；而没有勇敢的机智，又是荒唐！ 勇敢和机智也许就是答案。 《埃米尔和三个孪生子》 这是一本有关助人的书。埃米尔和朋友们到海滨度假，认识了一位杂技演员，无意中得知他们的老板打算抛弃这个男孩逃走，男孩子们义愤填膺，他们通过各种努力成功地帮
The classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune onthe streets of London. After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble formore food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London.Here he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to Fagin and hisgang of pickpockets. When a thieving mission goes wrong, Olivernarrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind MrBrownlow. But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search of theyoung orphan, determined to drag him back . . . With aninspirational and light-hearted introduction by Garth Nix, OliverTwist by Charles Dickens is one of the twelve wonderful classicstories being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2008.
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The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, have been andremain some of the most enduringly popular ever published. The bestknown, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has been translatedinto 29 languages! The illustrations in this book have beencoloured by the original artist, Pauline Baynes."To my side, alltrue Narnians! Would you wait till your new masters have killed youall, one by one?"It is Narnia's darkest hour. A false Aslan iscommanding all Narnians to work for the cruel Calormenes andstriking terror into every heart. King Tiran's only hope is to callEustace and Jill back to Narnia, in an attempt to find the trueAslan and restore peace to the land. But a mighty battle liesahead.
