小说以主人公夏冲从4岁到31岁的经历、见闻为主要线索，时间跨度为1976年至2008年。 夏冲是一个对悲剧非常敏感的人，发现周围生活中到处是被忽略的悲剧，他的父母、少年时代的朋友等人都在各种悲剧之中，与传统悲剧不同的是，这些悲剧往往被看作是理所当然，不足为奇。小说叙述的半个爱情故事则是悲剧中的一抹暖色，女主人公戚敏与夏冲同样年轻、聪明，但更平静，也懂得安之若素。夏冲经历了三次“寂静”时期，他不清楚为什么生活如此平淡又令人激动，无论时代如何变化，这国家这生活都像一条龙，庞大、强力、野心勃勃，而主人公则像一只蝉，疏离、弱小、难以平静。当他到了成熟的年纪，成了一名律师，却仍受制于往日记忆，不得自由。2008年北京奥运会之前，中国已经成了一个崭新的国家，生活完全变了。这时夏冲回首往事，就像蝉发出了一
本书精选法国著名作家莫泊桑的39篇中短篇小说，有《羊脂球》《我的叔叔于勒》《项链》等不朽名篇，内容丰富多彩，结构巧妙动人。
One of the great classics of Western literature，Les Miserables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical de*ion. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean. the street urchin Gavroche.the rascal Thenardier. the implacable detective lavert， and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosotte， have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis persoae. The reader is also treated to the unforgettable de*ions of the Battle of Waterloo and Valjean's flight through the Paris sewers.
Oliver Twist was Dickens's second novel and one of his darkest, dealing with burglary, kidnapping, child abuse, prostitution, and murder. Alongside this gallery of horrors are the corrupt and incompetent institutions of 19th-century England set up to address social problems and instead making them worse. The author's moral indignation drives the creation of some of his most memorably grotesque characters: squirming, vile Fagin; brutal Bill Sykes; the brooding, sickly Monks; and Bumble, the pompous and incorrigibly dense beadle. Clearly, a reading of this work must carry the author's passionate narrative voice while being flexible and broad enough to define the wide range of character voices suggested by the text. John Wells's capable but bland reading only suggests the rich possibilities of the material. Restraint and Dickens simply don't go together. The abridgment deftly and seamlessly manages to deliver all major characters and plot lines, but there are many superior audiobook versions of this material, bo
Aesop's celebrated collection of fables has always been popular with both adults and children. These simple tales embody truths so powerful, the titles of the individual fables - the fox and the grapes, the dog in the manger, the wolf in sheep's clothing and many others - have entered the languages and idioms of most European tongues. This edition is beautifully illustrated in black and white by the great Arthur Rackham, and has an introduction by G.K. Chesterton.
Our Mutual Friend, Dickens' last complete novel, gives one of his most comprehensive and penetrating accounts of Victorian society. Its vision of a culture stifled by materialistic values emerges not just through its central narratives, but through its apparently incidental characters and scenes. The chief of its several plots centres on John Harmon who returns to England as his father's heir. He is believed drowned under suspicious circumstances - a situation convenient to his wish for anonymity until he can evaluate Bella Wilfer whom he must marry to secure his inheritance. The story is filled with colourful characters and incidents - the faded aristocrats and parvenus gathered at the Veneering's dinner table, Betty Higden and her terror of the workhouse and the greedy plottings of Silas Wegg.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of the Seven Gables" is aclassic of American literature, written by one of America'sgreatest writers. First published in 1851, the book is set in amansion not unlike his cousin's many-gabled home in Salem,Massachusetts, which Hawthorne visited regularly. Hawthornebelieved "the wrong-doing of one generation lives into thesuccessive ones" and Hawthorne's story depicts the memorable livesof the residents of the house who were inextricably bound to thesins of their ancestors. Today, the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion ispopularly known as the House of the Seven Gables, is on TheNational Register of Historic Places, and is a museum open to thepublic.
“我是想说，我没有办法带你去那些情侣都会去的地方，游乐场、公园都不行，可能，我们的约会……会很无聊吧。”在关系没有公开之前，他们的约会地点的选择，恐怕少得可怜。 “嗯……约会你会去吗？”向葵歪着脑袋问他。 “我和你的约会，我当然会去。”哲哉觉得她的问题很无聊。 “可以牵手吗？”她继续问。 没有狗仔的情况下——“大概……可以吧。”他说。 “可以KISS吗？”再问。 没有第三者在场的话——“大概……也可以吧。”再回答。 “那就够了嘛！情侣会做的事情我们都会做，那就足够了。”向葵眨了眨清澈的双眼，一脸的满足。 “葵！”哲哉忽然叫她。 “啥？”向葵抬头，正对上他蓦然凑近的脸。 “扑通扑通——”心脏的跳动顿时毫无规律地加快了速度，现在的这个气氛，
一部用智慧构建和平的心灵秘史??????上世纪初，“改土归流”在康区已接近尾声，地处藏、汉、回交汇地的具有开放意识的云登格龙同康巴的所有土司一样，正经历着沉浮、恐慌与彷徨。和其他土司不同的是，他意识到土司制度必然被新的制度取代。这种悲剧式的觉醒让他了悟，如果要在多民族聚居地保住生存位置，相互间就必须学会宽容和尊重。然而，诱惑使他难以改变惯有的权力欲，于是，绝望、挣扎、希望交替出现在他的生命中……??????一曲由鲜血和忏悔谱就的人性赞歌??????彻骨的仇恨让大商人尔金呷走入了藏地世代不变的家族仇杀的怪圈。终，仇人降央土司被灭族，尔金呷家族也只有阿满初一人幸免。皈依天主教的她，多年后为父兄、为仇人唱起了《为罪人诵》……??????一段因追求爱情而开启的传奇人生??????回族青年郑云龙为情杀人，逃到康巴藏地后，才
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Carole Jones, freelance writer and researcher. George Eliot's final novel, Daniel Deronda (1876), follows the intertwining lives of the beautiful but spoiled and selfish Gwendolene Harleth and the selfless yet alienated Daniel Deronda, as they search for personal and vocational fulfilment and sympathetic relationship. Set largely in the degenerate English aristocratic society of the 1860s, Daniel Deronda charts their search for meaningful lives against a background of imperialism, the oppression of women, and racial and religious prejudice. Gwendolen's attempts to escape a sadistic relationship and atone for past actions catalyse her friendship with Deronda, while his search for origins leads him, via Judaism, to a quest for moral growth. Eliot's radical dual narrative constantly challenges all solutions and ensures that the novel is as controversial now, as when it first appeared. 作者简介： Edmund White is the author of many novels, including A Boy s Own St
Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrads shorter fiction. Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended. is capable of many interpretations. Set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the nineteenth century, the story deals with the highly disturbing effects of economic.social and political exploitation on European and African societies and the cataclysrnic behaviour this induced in some individuals. The other two stories in this book-Youth and The End of the Tether - concern the sea and those who sail upon it, a genre in which Conrad reigns supreme.
