A Tdle of Two Cities(1859) Dickens greatest historical novel, traces the private ires of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dickens based his historical detail on Carlyles great work - The French Revolution - and also on his own observations and investigations during numerous visits to Paris. The best story have written was Dickens own verdict on A Tale of Two Cities. and the reader is cinlikely to disagree with this judgement of a story which combines historical tact with the authors unsurpassed genius for poignant tales of human suffering,self-sacrifice, and redemption.

Rhett Butler’s People fulfills the dreams of those whose imaginations have been indelibly marked by America’s greatest novel, Gone With The Wind. Here you’ll meet Rhett as a boy, a free spirit who loved the marshes and tidewaters of the Low Country, and learn of the ruthlessness of Rhett’s father, whose desire for control resulted in unspeakable. Through Rhett’s eyes, you’ll encounter those who shaped him in other ways: the Overseer’s daughter, Belle Watling; Rosemary, Rhett’s brave and determined sister; Tunis Bonneau, the son of freed slaves who understood the young Rhett like no one else; and Jack Ravanel, whose name became inextricably linked to heartbreak. And then there’s Katie Scarlett O’Hara herself—the headstrong, passionate woman whose life is inextricably entwined with Rhett’s: more like him than she cares to admit; more in love with him than either of them will ever know……

Castigated for offending against public decency, Madame Bovary has rarely failed to cause a storm. For Flaubert"s contemporaries, the fascination came from the novelist"s meticulous account of provincial manners. For the writer,subject matter was subordinate to his anguished quest for aesthetic perfection. For his twentieth-century successors the formal experiments that underpin Madame Bovary look forward to the innovations of contemporary fiction. Flaubert s protagonist in particular has never ceased to fascinate. Rornantic heroine or middle-class neurotic, flawed wife and mother or passionate protestor against the conventions of bourgeois society, simultaneously the subject of Flaubert s admiration and the butt of his irony - Emma Bovary remains one of the most enigmatic of fictional creations. Flaubert s meticulous approach to the craft of fiction, his portrayal of contemporary reality, his representation of an unforgettable cast of characters make Madame Bovary one of the major landmarks of mode

About this title: Sidney C. Philips, an easygoing Alabama teenager, enlisted along with a buddy. 'Manila John' Basilone was the son of immigrants who found happiness in the rough-and-ready life of a marine. Eugene B. Sledge watched his best friend and his brother go off to war-and finally rebelled against his parents to follow them. 'Shifty' Shofner was the scion of a prominentfamily with a long record of military service. Ensign Vernon 'Mike' Micheel left the family farm to complete flight school. Between America's retreat from China in……

In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. An accident? Not likely. In fact, suspicion has already fallen on his luscious widow, a cunning beauty fifty years his junior, set to inherit a sizeable fortune, and rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor comfortably ensconced in the family estate. But criminologist Charles Hayward is casting his own doubts on the innocence of the entire Leonides brood. He knows them intimately. And he's certain that in a crooked house such as Three Gables, no one's on the level... 作者简介： AGATHA CHRISTIE is the world's best known mystery writer. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare.

In commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of hisbirth, Ansel Adams at 100 presents an intriguing new look at thisdistinguished photographer's work. The legendary curator JohnSzarkowski, director emeritus of the Department of Photography atNew York's Museum of Modern Art, has painstakingly selected what heconsiders Adams' finest work and has attempted to find the singlebest photographic print of each. Szarkowski writes that "AnselAdams at 100 is the product of a thorough review of work thatAdams, at various times in his career, considered important. Itincludes many photographs that will be unfamiliar to lovers ofAdams' work, and a substantial number that will be new to Adamsscholars. The book is an attempt to identify that work on whichAdams' claim as an important modern artist must rest." Ansel Adamsat 100-the highly acclaimed international exhibition and the book,with Szarkowski's incisive critical essay-is the first seriouseffort since Adams' death in 1984 to reevaluate his achievement asan a

#1 bestselling author Nicholas Sparks's new novel is at once a compelling family drama and a heartrending tale of young love.Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church.The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts...and heal them.

Germinal n'est pas l'unique roman de la mine, et sans doute lamythologie du charbon existerait-elle sans ce livre. Pourtant, lesdeux sont désormais indissociables. Pour écrire ce chef-d'?uvre,qui a saisi les contemporains de Zola et a marqué l'apogée dunaturalisme en France, il fallait être à la fois un reporter avidedu détail documentaire et un prophète de la " question sociale ".C'est en effet au traitement épique de sa copieuse substanceréaliste que cette fresque des ténèbres doit son immensesuccès.

Unusually for Dickens, Hard Times is set, not in London, but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment. This is the soulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the heartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby. However human joy is not excluded thanks to 'Mr Sleary's Horse-Riding' circus, a gin-soaked and hilarious troupe of open-hearted and affectionate people who act as an antidote to all the drudgery and misery endured by the ordinary citizens of Coketown. Macaulay attacked Hard Times for its 'sullen socialism',but 20th-century critics such as George Bernard Shaw and F.R.Leavis have praised this book in the highest terms,while readers the world over have found inspiration and enjoyment from what is both Dickens' shorted completed novel and also one of his important statements on Victorian society.

Adultery us not a typical lane Austen theme, butwhen it disturbs the relatively peaceful householdat Mansfield Park. it has quite unexpected results. The diffident and much put-upon heroine Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the results,re-examining her own feelings while enduring thecheerful amorality, old-fashioned indifference andpriggish disapproval of those around her.

A Templar treasure for mystery readers An honorable-yetworld-weary-Knight Templar solves the mysteries of MedievalEngland. After eight years of captivity in the Holy Land, TemplarBascot de Marins escapes with injuries to his body and soul. Now ona sojourn at Lincoln Castle, he hopes to regain his strength, andmend his waning faith-but not even the peace of God's countrysideis safe from the mortal crimes of man. For what appears to be thegrisly end to a drunken row is in fact a cunning and bafflingcrime.

Far in the future, 60,000 light-years from Earth, a loose confederacy of Terran exiles is locked in battle with the enigmatic Protoss and the ruthless Zerg Swarm, as each species struggles to ensure its own survival among the stars -- war that will herald the beginning of mankind's greatest chapter or foretell its violent, bloody end. All Ardo Menikov ever dreamed of was to live in peace on the verdant colony world of Bountiful. But when the vicious Zerg Swarm attacked the colony and annihilated his loved ones, Ardo was forced to wake from his dream and accept the brutal realities of a war-torn galaxy. Now a confederate marine, charged with defending the worlds of the Terran confederacy, Ardo must come to terms with the painful memories of his past -- and the unsettling truths that may dominate his future.

Cervantes’tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant,tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of readers, and inspired other creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso and Richard Strauss. The tall, thin knight and his short, fat squire, Sancho Panza, have found their way into films, cartoons and even computer games. Supposedly intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction of the day, the "books of chivalry", this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature. On his "heroic" journey Don Quixote meets characters of every class and condition, from the prostitute Maritornes, who is commended for her Christian charity, to the Knight of the Green Coat,who seems to embody some of the constraints of virtue. Cervantes’ greatest work can be enjoyed on many levels, an suffused with a subtle irony that reaches out

Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision; an eloquent tribute to the endurance and dignity of the human spirit. n Steinbeck

Since the beginning of time, the angelic forces of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in an eternal conflict for the fate of all Creation. That struggle has now spilled over into Sanctuary -- the world of men. Determined to win mankind over to their respective causes, the forces of good and evil wage a secret war for mortal souls. This is the tale of the Sin War -- the conflict that would forever change the destiny of man. Three thousand years before the darkening of Tristram, Uldyssian, son of Diomedes, was a simple farmer from the village of Seram. Content with his quiet, idyllic life, Uldyssian is shocked as dark events rapidly unfold around him. Mistakenly blamed for the grisly murders of two traveling missionaries, Uldyssian is forced to flee his homeland and set out on a perilous quest to redeem his good name. To his horror, he has begun to manifest strange new powers -- powers no mortal man has ever dreamed of. Now, Uldyssian must grapple with the

“这是一则你在热恋时会手不释卷的寓言。这是一个你在迷惘时能常伴左右的故事。这是一部你会再三阅读的小说，因为它具备一种罕见的魔力，能让你审视自己和整个世界的角度焕然一新。这本书是赠给灵魂的礼物。” ——谭恩美，著名美籍华裔作家，著有《喜福会》等 “在《你在天堂里遇见的五个人》中，米奇·阿尔博姆把我们引领到了一个新境界。你能在这本书里找到那些经典著作——比如《奥德赛》——的回响，这种特质使得阿尔博姆的作品成为我们好的伙伴。” 这个叫爱迪的男人，瘸着一条腿，为救一个孩子死了。他在天堂遇见了五个人。他是不是把孩子救了出来，是不是在天堂乐不思蜀，这要看了书才知道。情节都在书中，写得很有章法，我不能抢先代作者透露。我可以说的是，爱迪在天堂，如同一个人得到珍贵的地图，终于看明白自

Jude the Obscure created storms of scandal and protest for the author upon its publication. Hardy, disgusted and disappointed, devoted the remainder of his life to poetry and never wrote another novel. Today, the material is far less shocking. Jude Fawley, a poor stone carver with aspirations toward an academic career, is thwarted at every turn and is finally forced to give up his dreams of a university education. He is tricked into an unwise marriage, and when his wife deserts him, he begins a relationship with a free-spirited cousin. With this begins the descent into bleak tragedy as the couple alternately defy and succumb to the pressures of a deeply disapproving society. Hardy's characters have a fascinating ambiguity: they are victimized by a stern moral code, but they are also selfish and weak-willed creatures who bring on much of their own difficulties through their own vacillations and submissions to impulse. The abridgment speeds Jude's fall to considerable dramatic effect, but it also deletes th

Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Scene-by-scene plot summaries A key to famous lines and phrases An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.

由于外星球的入侵，距离地球3亿光年的Lorien星球覆灭了。星球上仅存下来的9个孩子随着他们各自的守卫一起逃到地球上，分散在世界的各个角落。他们有着和人类一样的外表，说着人类的语言，过着普通的生活。然而他们又和地球人不同，继承了Lorien星球人的特点，他们各个天赋异禀，有着不同的超能力。他们希望随着自己的成长，将个人的能量锻炼的足够强大，以联合起来拯救毁灭的Lorien星球。 但是，他们的敌人，毁灭了Lorien星球的Mogadorians星球要将他们赶尽杀绝，派人一路来到地球追杀他们.9个孩子中的前3个已经被杀，约翰 史密斯是第4个。 为了躲避追杀约翰和他的守卫亨利一直东躲西藏、居无定所，直到他在俄亥俄州的一个小镇上遇到了一个叫萨拉的地球女孩。他决定不再躲藏，他要待在这里，勇敢面对自己的命运，面对敌人的追杀。约翰会如何运用

Gaskell's last novel,widely considered her masterpiece,follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England.At its core are family relationships-father,daughter and step-mother,father and sons,father and step-daughter-all tested and strained by the romantic entanglements that ensue. Despite its underlying seriousness.the prevailing tone is one of comdy.Gaskell vividly portrays the world of the late 1820's and the forces of change within it ,and her vision is always humane and progressive. The story is full of acute observation and sympathetic character-study:the feudal squire clinging to old values,his naturalist son welcoming the new world of science,the local doctor and his scheming second wife,the two girls brought together by their parents'marriage……

The classic story of kindness, love, honor and poverty is not as depressing as some of Hugo's other works. Its historical sweep, during the brewing of the French Revolution, is large, and its emotional sweep even larger. British actor Michael York throws his considerable histrionic skills into the task--each character is carefully articulated, both by tone and pacing. Having played classic French characters before--notably D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers and its sequel--York knows how to manipulate scene and feeling in this type of ambiance, and he performs effortlessly and superbly. D.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.