Gulliver's Travels is one of the most popular works of fiction published in England in the eighteenth century, and one of the best satires ever written. This new Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1726 text, the version that textual scholars now maintain should be the basis for all modern editions of the work. It is accompanied by extensive textual annotations and a dozen illustrations.

'The year I turned ninety, I wanted to give myself a gift of anight of wild love with an adolescent virgin' He has never married,never loved and never gone to bed with a woman he didn't pay. Buton finding a young girl naked and asleep on the brothel owner'sbed, a passion is ignited in his heart - and he feels, for thefirst time, the urgent pangs of love. Each night, exhausted by herfactory work, 'Delgadina' sleeps peacefully whilst he watches herquietly. During these solitary early hours, his love for herdeepens and he finds himself reflecting on his newly found passionand the loveless life he has led. By day, his columns in the localnewspaper are read avidly by those who recognise in his outpouringsthe enlivening and transformative power of love. The publication of"Memories of My Melancholy Whores" spearheads "Penguin's"celebration of Marquez's 80th birthday in 2007.

This best-selling Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1847 first edition of the novel. For the Fourth Edition, the editor has collated the 1847 text with several modern editions and has cor-rected a number of variants, including accidentals. The text is accompanied by entirely new explanatory annotations. New to the Fourth Edition are twelve of Emily Bronte's letters regarding the publication of the 1847 edition of Wuthering Heights as well as the evolution of the 1850 edition, prose and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and Edward Chitham's insightful and informative chronology of the creative process behind this beloved work. Five major critical interpretations of Wuthering Heights are in-cluded, three of them new to the Fourth Edition. A. Stuart Daley considers the importance of chronology in the novel. J. Hillis Miller examines Wuthering Heights's problems of genre and criti-cal reputation. Sandra M. Gilbert assesses the role Victorian Christianity plays in the novel

Book De*ion The classic survey ofEnglish literature in a vibrant new edition, with StephenGreenblatt as general editor. A legendary bestseller for more than forty years, The NortonAnthology of English Literature is the classic survey to the fieldfrom the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. With more thanninety authors, the Major Authors Edition deepens itsrepresentation of essential works in all genres, ranging fromSeamus Heaney's award-winning translation of Beowulf andShakespeare's Twelfth Night to the greats of the nineteenthcentury—Blake and Wordsworth, Tennyson and Barrett Browning—totwentieth-century classics of a truly global Englishliterature—Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Woolf's A Room of One's Own,poetry by Derek Walcott, and prose by Nadine Gordimer and SalmanRushdie, to name but a few. Color plates—over seventy-five inall—bring to life the cultural concerns of each period. Conciseglosses and annotations, period introductions, biographicalheadnotes, timelines, and selected bibliogr

Peter Mayle and his wife did what most of us only image doing when they made their long-cherished dream of a life abroad a reality: throwing caution to the wind, they bought a glorious 200-year-old farmhouse in the Luberon and began a new life. In a year that begins with a marathon lunch and continues with a host of gastronomique delights, they also survive the unexpected and often hilarious curiosities of rural life. From mastering the local accent and enduring invasion by bumbling builders, to discovering the finer points of boules and goat-racing, all the earthly pleasures of provencal life are conjured up in this portrait. Peter Mayle has contributed to a wide range of publications in England,France and America,and his work has been translated into twenty-two languages.His boks,many of them published by Penguin,include A Year in Provence,oujours Provence,Hotel Pastis,A Dog's Life,Anything Considered and Chasing Cezanne.His latest book,Encore Provence,has just been published by Hamish Hamilton.

The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the first edition of the novel, published by D. Appleton & Company in 1895, conservatively emended. As in previous editions, Crane’s uncancelled but unpublished manu* pages, including his discarded Chapter XII, are presented in an appendix. To assist the reader, the editor has annotated obscure terms and allusions. "Backgrounds and Sources" contains biographical, historical, and contextual material on both The Red Badge of Courage and the war fiction genre. Frederick Crews, Donald Pizer, Harold R. Hungerford, Eric Solomon, and J. C. Levenson provide the framework for understanding the novel as both literature and history. A selection of Stephen Crane’s letters and an illustration from the battle of Chancellorsville, upon which the novel is based, are also included. "Criticism" is a collection of fourteen essays (six of them new to the Third Edition) representing the best of what has been written about The Red Badge of Courage, fr

EXCITEMENT AND SUSPENSE FROM THE HEART OF THE JUNGLE Archaeologist Leo Mallory is on a dig. But this is no ordinary assignment. He’s deep in the heart of the Mexican jungle uncovering another centuries-old Mayan city. Like a surgeon performing a most-intricate operation, Leo and his team skilfully remove each crumb of earth with the utmost precision. THE JAGUAR MASK In France, Declan Carberry is busy trying to solve a string of ritual serial murders. Horrific in the extreme, the questions are who and why? Declan needs to move fast, for time is running out. Delving into the history of the Conquistadors and the Maya of South America, this vertiginous tale of snaring and netting, old rituals and modern codes, blood-letting and immortality is Easterman at his dizzying best. “A master of spooky suspense and of the chapter cliffhanger”THE SCOTSMAN 'The Jaguar Mask' will satisfy anyone who appreciates an old-fashioned well plotted adventure thriller which has been given a hard moder

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years-from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding--that puts the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives--the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness--are inextricable from the history playing out around them. Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made TheKiteRunner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once a remarkable chronicle of three decades of Afghan history and a deeply moving account of family and friendship. It is a striking, heart-wrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love--a stunning accomplishment.

This Norton Critical Edition is based on the Folio text of King Lear (carefully corrected prior to its printing in 1623). The editor has interpolated the best-known and most-often discussed passages from Quarto I (including the “mock-trial” scene) as is fully explained in both “A Note on the Text” and the annotations that accompany the play. “Sources” helps readers navigate King Lear’s rich history and includes the nine essential primary sources from which Shakespeare borrowed significantly in creating his play, along with two additional likely sources. “Criticism”provides thirteen major critical interpretations and three provocative adaptations and responses to King Lear. Critical interpretation is provided by Samuel Johnson, Charles Lamb, Peter Brook, Michael Warren, Lynda E. Boose, Janet Adelman, and R. A. Foakes, among others. The adaptations and responses are by Nahum Tate, John Keats, and Edward Bond. A Selected Bibliography is also included.

For many lonely years Dr.Stuart Levy seemed to be a solo voice in the wilderness,warning the world that the cures that revolutionized our lives might be redered useless.His first edition of The Antibiotic paradox was a bugle call for the troops.This new,spectacular edition should be the trumpet call at the wlaas of jericho:joshua,blow your horn!Any reasonable physician,scientist,politician or citizen should read this book,and heed Levy's clarion call.Time for procrastination,on all our parts,han run out. 作者简介: Stuart B.Levy,M.d.,is a world renowned authority on antibiontic use and resistance,on which he has written and lectured extensively.He discovered drug efflux as a mechanism for antibiotic resistance and was among the first to document the transfer of drug resistance among animals and people.He is currently Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology and of Medicine;Director of the Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Bo

Translated by Edward Fitzgerald This edition presents the classic free translation by Edward Fitzgerald of the great Persian poem by the 12th century astronomer and poet - Omar Khayy m. Fitzgerald's masterful translation was first published as an anonymous pamphlet in 1859. Its colourful, exotic and remote imagery greatly appealed to the Victorian age's fascination with the Orient, while its luxurious sensual warmth acted as a striking counterpoint to the growth of scientific determinism, industrialisation and the soulless Darwinian doctrine of the survival of the fittest. Greatly praised by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Swinburne, Ruskin and William Morris, the romantic melancholy of the poem anticipates the poetry of Matthew Arnold and Thomas Hardy, while its epicurean motifs link it to the Aesthetic Movement.

The first edition of its kind, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition is indispensable for students of fairy tales. The tales—116 in all—are thematically grouped. Each grouping is introduced and annotated by Jack Zipes, the genre’s reigning expert. Twenty illustrations accompany the texts. "Criticism" includes seven important assessments of different aspects of the fairy tale tradition, written by W. G. Waters, Benedetto Croce, Lewis Seifert, Patricia Hannon, Harry Velten, Siegfried Neumann, and Jack Zipes. Brief biographies of the storytellers and a Selected Bibliography are included.

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在线阅读本书 THE DHARMA BUMS appeared just one year after the author's explosiveON THE ROAD had put the Beat Generation on the literary map andKerouac on the best-seller list. The same expansiveness, humour andcontagious zest for life that sparked the earlier novels sparksthis one too, but through a more cohesive story. The books followtwo young men engaged in a passionate search for dharma or truth.Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen way, which takesthem climbing into the high sierras to seek the lesson ofsolitude.

In his draft Preface, Wilfred Owen includes his well-knownstatement 'My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is inthe pity'. All of his important poems were written in just over ayear, and Dulce et Decorum Est, S.I.W., Futility and Anthem forDoomed Youth still have an astonishing power to move the reader.Owen pointed out that 'All a poet can do today is to warn. That iswhy all true Poets must be truthful'. His warning was based on hisacute observation of the soldiers with whom he served on theWestern Front, and his poems reflect the horror and the waste ofthe First World War. This volume contains all Owen's best-knownpoems, only four of which were published in his lifetime. He waskilled a week before the Armistice in November 1918.

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Bestselling author Iris Chang takes on her largest subject yet in The Chinese in America，the extraor-dinary history of one the fastet-growing ethnic groups in the United States.In an epic story that spans150 years and continues to the present day，Chang tells of a people's search for a better life-the determination of the Chinese to forge an identity and a destiny in a strange land，to help build their adopted country，and，often against great obstacles，to find success. In the course of her narrative，Chang chronicles the many accomplishments in America of Chinese immigrants and their descendants:building the transcontinental railroad，working on southern plantations after the Civil War，fighting racist and exclusionary laws，walking the racial tighrope between black and white，contributiing to major scientific and technological advances，expanding the lit-erary canon，and influencing the way we think about racial and ethnic groups.At the heart of her book are the stories of individuals-the

aNo other popular writer of his time did any better writingthan you will find in The Call of the Wild.a--H. L. Mencken One ofthe greatest American storytellers, Jack London enjoyed phenomenalpopularity in his own time and remains widely read throughout theworld. His work is characterized by thrilling action, an intuitivefeeling for animal life, and a sense of justice that oftenmanifests itself through violence. "The Call of the Wild," perhapsthe best novel ever written about animals, traces a dogas suddenentry into the wild and his education in survival among the wolves.Library of America Paperback Classics feature authoritative textsdrawn from the acclaimed Library of America series and introducedby todayas most distinguished scholars and writers. Each bookfeatures a detailed chronology of the authoras life and career, andessay on the choice of the text, and notes. The contents of thisPaperback Classic are drawn from "Jack London: Novels and Stories,"volume number 6 in The Library of America series. I

在线阅读本书 Wilkie Collins is a master of mystery, and The Woman in White ishis first excursion into the genre. When the hero, WalterHartright, on a moonlit night in north London, encounters asolitary, terrified and beautiful woman dressed in white, he feelsimpelled to solve the mystery of her distress. The intricate plotis peopled with a finely characterised cast, from the peevishinvalid Mr Fairlie to the corpulent villain Count Fosco and theenigmatic woman herself.

"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760), also known as "The Dreamof the Red Chamber", is one of the greatest novels of Chineseliterature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, "TheDreamer Awakes", was carefully edited and completed by Gao E somedecades later. It continues the story of the changing fortunes ofthe Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai,after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldlyelements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence andcorruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker throughlife, Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision, which reveals to himthat life itself is merely a dream, 'as moonlight mirrored in thewater'.

"The Canterbury Tales" is a major part of England's literaryheritage. From the exuberant Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend to theMiller's worldly, ribald farce, these tales can be taken as amirror of fourteenth-century London. Incorporating every style ofmedieval narrative - bawdy anecdote, allegorical fable and courtlyromance - the tales encompass a blend of universal human themes.Ackroyd's retelling is a highly readable, prose version in modernEnglish, using expletive and avoiding euphemism, making the Talesmuch more accessible to a new generation of readers. The editionalso includes an introduction by Ackroyd, detailing some of thehistorical background to Chaucer and the Tales, and why he has beeninspired to translate them for a new generation of readers.

'On February 22 we were told that we would be returning toColumbia.' In 1955, eight crew members of Caldas, a Colombiandestroyer, were swept overboard. Velasco alone survived, driftingon a raft for ten days without food or water. Marquez retells thesurvivor's amazing tale of endurance, from his loneliness andthirst to his determination to survive. "The Story of a ShipwreckedSailor" was Marquez's first major, and controversial, work,published in a Colombian newspaper, "El Espectador", in 1955 andthen in book form in 1970.

An intense, vibrant debut novel set among the back roads of Pennsylvania's mining country Harley Altmyer should be in college drinking Rolling Rock and chasing girls. He should be freed from his closed-minded, stricken coal town, with its lack of jobs and no sense of humor. Instead, he's constantly reminded of just how messed up his life is. With his mother in jail for killing his abusive father, Harley is an orphan with the responsibilities of an adult and the fiery, aggressive libido of a teenager. Just nineteen years old, he's marooned in the Pennsylvania backwoods caring for his three younger sisters, whose feelings about him range from stifling dependence to loathing. And once he develops an obsession with the sexy, melancholic mother of two living down the road, those Victoria's Secret catalogs just won't do the trick anymore. He wants Callie Mercer so badly he fears he will explode. But it's the family secrets, the lies, and the unspoken truths that light the fuse and erupt into a series o