The chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the nineteenth century -- a science fiction classic for all time.

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Jude Fawley is a bright but impoverished stonemason who aspiresto attend university and become a scholar. H is failure to fulfillthe expectations of the two women he loves points to his finaltragedy. Concerned with the destructive conventions of marriage andthe English class system, Jude the Obscure is a raging indictmentof Victorian society; the censure of this insightful book wasalmost without precedent in the history of English literature.

The earliest of her six major novels, NorthangerAbbey remained unpublished until after Jane Austen’s death. A deliciouslywitty satire of popular Gothic romances, it is perhaps Austen’slightest, most delightful excursion into a young woman’s world.Catherine Morland, an unlikely heroine—unlikely because she is soordinary—forsakes her English village for the pleasures and perilsof Bath. There, among a circle of Austen’s wonderfully vain,dissembling, and fashionable characters, she meets a potentialsuitor, Henry Tilney. But with her imagination fueled bymelodramatic novels, Catherine turns a visit to his home,Northanger Abbey, into a hunt for dark family secrets. The resultis a series of hilarious social gaffes and harsh awakenings thatfor all of Austen’s youthful exuberance nevertheless conveys hermature vision of literature and life—and the consequences ofmistaking one for the other.

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP H. G. Wells's unforgettable science fiction adventure that explores the future of mankind-and the all-too-human savagery that may spell its doom. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations Detailed explanatory notes Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provid

Here is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback;Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest torturedby his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony,it is a work that gives full play to the author's brilliantimagination.

Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) relates the hair-raising journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg, who succeeds - but only just! - in circling the globe within eighty days. The dour Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism and versatility of his French manservant, Passepartout, whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour and suspense to the race against time. Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) was Verne's first novel. It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient, imperturbable and ever capable Dr Fergusson, the prototype of the Vernian adventurer.

The Wordsworth Classics Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeares works.The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal. King Lear has been widely acclaimed as Shakespeares most powerful tragedy. Elemental and passionate, it encompasses the horrific and the heart-rending. Love and hate, loyalty and treachery, cruelty and self-sacrifice: all these contend in a tempestuous drama which has become an enduring classic of the worlds literature. In the theatre and on screen King Lear continues to challenge and enthral. This Wordsworth edition of King Lear provides a comprehensive, integrated text of the play.

Rostand's masterpiece-and the ultimate triumph of the greatFrench romantic tradition-is the magnificent hero-for-all-seasons,Cyrano de Bergerac.

With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts， Royal Holloway， University of London The product of more than a decade’s continuous work （1598-1611），Chapman’s translation of Homer’s great poem of war is a magnificent testimony to the power of the Iliad。In muscular，onward-rolling verse Chapman retells the story of Achilles， the great warrior，and his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy，and the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks and Trojans。 Chapman regarded the translation of this epic， and of Homer’s Odyssey （also available in Wordsworth Editions） as his life’s work， and dedicated himself to capturing the ’soul’ of the poem。

Published a year before her death at the age of thirty, EmilyBront?'s only novel is set in the wild, bleak Yorkshire Moors.Depicting the relationship of Cathy and Heathcliff, WutheringHeights creates a world of its own, conceived with an instinct forpoetry and for the dark depths of human psychology. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Pauline Nestor New Preface by Lucasta Miller

The Kama Sutra (the 'science of love') is one of the world sgreatest books. Written between the 1st and 4th centuries AD, it isa magnificent treatise on sexual conduct and erotic technique. Itspurpose is not simply to provide a menu for the sensual epicure ora training programme for the sexual athlete, but to comment on thesituations in which men and women encounter, and to deal with themin such a way as to achieve personal fulfilment through ecstasy.This edition contains the classic translation by Sir RichardBurton, first published in 1883.

In 1834, Richard Henry Dana went from Harvard student tocommon seaman, sailing from California to Cape Horn. This journalsurvives as one of the most vivid accounts of the relationshipbetween man and sea—and still rings true as a portrayal of man’sendurance.

Jane Austen's last completed novel, Persuasion is a delightfulsocial satire of England's landed gentry and a moving tale oflovers separated by class distinctions. After years apart,unmarried Anne Elliot, the heroine Jane Austen called "almost toogood for me," encounters the dashing naval officer others persuadedher to reject, as he now courts the rash and younger LouisaMusgrove. Superbly drawn, these characters and those of Anne'sprideful father, Sir Walter, the scheming Mrs. Clay, and theduplicitous William Elliot, heir to Kellynch Hall, becomeluminously alive--so much so that the poet Tennyson, visitinghistoric Lyme Regis, where a pivotal scene occurs, exclaimed:"Don't talk to me of the Duke of Monmouth. Show me the exact spotwhere Louisa Musgrove fell " Tender, almost grave, Persuasionoffers a glimpse into Jane Austen's own heart while itmagnificently displays the full maturity of her literary power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson set out on his first visit to Europe in 1831,passing throuth Italy,Switzerland and France to Britain,and visiting Landor,Coleridge,Wordsworth,and ,most important of all ,Carlyle,with whom he laid the foundation of a life-long friendship.On his return to America,he took up lecturing,and continued for nearly forty years to use this form of expression for his ideas on religion,politics,literature,and philosophy.He published a succession of volumes of essays,addresses and poems.The spirit and ideas which constitute the essence of his teachings are fully expressed in the essays contained in this volume.The writings here produced belong to the earlier half of his literary activity.However,it may fairly be said that by 1860 Emerson had put forth all his important fundamental ideas,and the later utterances consist largely of restatements and applications of these.Thanks to the singular bearty and condensation of his style,it is thus possible to obtain from this one volume a view of the philosophy

Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere's Fan. The combination of dazzling wit, subtle social criticism, sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner, both here and in his next three plays, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and his undisputed masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. This volume includes all Wilde's plays from his early tragedy Vera to the controversial Salome and the little known fragments, La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy. The edition affords a rare chance to see Wilde's best known work in the context of his entire dramatic output, and to appreciate plays which have hitherto received scant critical attention.

The Winter's Tale was one of the very last plays Shakespeare wrote, a moving romance whose themes are sin, forgiveness, death, rebirth, and the power of Time and Nature to heal all wounds. Based on a novella by Shakespeare's enemy and arch rival Robert Greene, The Winter's Tale introduces Perdita, perhaps the Bard's most richly symbolic character. At times tragic, at times humorous, but always entertaining and instructive, The Winters Tale is a complex and rewarding work by the greatest dramatist of all time.

A new, wide-ranging selection of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s most influential writings, this edition captures the essence of American Transcendentalism and illustrates the breadth of one of America’s greatest philosophers and poets. The writings featured here show Emerson as a protester against social conformity, a lover of nature, an activist for the rights of women and slaves, and a poet of great sensitivity. As explored in this volume, Emersonian thought is a unique blend of belief in individual freedom and in humility before the power of nature. “I become a transparent eyeball,” Emerson wrote in Nature, “I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.” Written over a century ago, this passage is a striking example of the passion and originality of Emerson’s ideas, which continue to serve as a spiritual center and an ideological base for modern thought. 作者简介： Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 —1882) was a renown

Before the huge crowd that packed the cathedral square, LaEsmeralda stood between two executioners. Suddenly Quasimodo, thehunchback of Notre Dame, rushed at the executioners and felled themwith his enormous fists. He snatched the gypsy girl in one arm andran with her into the church. A moment later he appeared at the topof the bell tower. Holding the girl above his head, he showed hertriumphantly to all of Paris while his thunderous voice roaredsavagely to the sky: "Sanctuary Sanctuary Sanctuary " Set amid theriot, intrigue, and pageantry of medieval Paris, Victor Hugo'smasterful tale of heroism and adventure has been a perennialfavorite since its first publication in 1831 and remains one of themost thrilling stories of all time.

Spine-tingling and entertaining, "The Invisible Man" is ascience fiction classic-and a penetrating, unflinching look intothe heart of human nature. To its author, H. G. Wells, the novelwas as compelling as "a good gripping dream." But to generations ofreaders, the terrible and evil experiment of the dementedscientist, Griffin, has conveyed a chilling nightmare of believablehorror. An atmosphere of ever-increasing suspense begins with thearrival of a mysterious stranger at an English village inn andbuilds relentlessly to the stark terror of a victim pursued by amaniacal invisible man. The result is a masterwork: a dazzlingdisplay of the brilliant imagination, psychological insight, andliterary craftsmanship that made H. G. Wells one of the mostinfluential writers of his time.

在线阅读本书 The magnificent, timeless drama is the world's most famous tale of"star-crossed lovers." The young, unshakable love of Juliet andRomeo defies the feud that divides their families—the Capulets andMontagues—as their desperate need to be together, their secretmeetings, and finally their concealed marriage drive them towardtragedy. A masterwork that has long captured the hearts ofaudiences, this romantic tragedy has become part of the literaryheritage of all peoples in all nations.

The dramatic concluding months of The Wars of the Rosesprovide the setting for Shakespeare’s incomparable saga of powerand intrigue. Under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and EricRasmussen, two of today’s most accomplished Shakespearean scholars,this Modern Library series incorporates definitive texts andauthoritative notes from William Shakespeare: CompleteWorks. Each play includes an Introduction as well as anoverview of Shakespeare’s theatrical career; commentary on past andcurrent productions based on interviews with leading directors,actors, and designers; scene-by-scene analysis; key facts about thework; a chronology of Shakespeare’s life and times; andblack-and-white illustrations. Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers,these modern and accessible editions set a new standard inShakespearean literature for the twenty-first century.

Contents:Joathan Wwift by Wiliam Thackeray,The idea of a University by John Henry Newman,The Study of Poetry by Mattew Arnold:Sesame and Lilies by Jonh Ruskin.John Miton by Walter Bagehot,Science and Culture by Thomas Henry Huxley.Rece and Language by Edward Freeman Truth of Intercourse:Samuel Pepys by Robert Luis Stevenson.On the Elevation of the Laboring Classes by Wiliam Ellery Channing.The Poetic Principle Robert Louis Stevenson.On the Elevation of the Laboring Classes by Willaiam Ellery Channing.The Poetic Priciple by Egar Allan poe.Walking by Henry David Thoreau.Abruham Lincoln Democracy by James Russell Lowell.

From the incredible wizadry of Merlin to the passion of SirLancelot, these tales of Arthur and his knights offer epicadventures with the supernatural as well as timeless battles without own humanity.

At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson a young slavewoman, fearing for her infant's son's life, exchanges herlight-skinned child with her master's. From this rathersimple premise Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining,funny, yet biting novels. On its surface, Pudd'nheadWilson possesses all the elements of an engrossingnineteenth-century mystery: reversed identities, ahorrible crime, an eccentric detective, a suspenseful courtroomdrama, and a surprising, unusual solution. Yet it is nota mystery novel. Seething with the undercurrents ofantebellum southern culture, the book is a savage indictment inwhich the real criminal is society, and racial prejudice andslavery are the crimes. Written in 1894, Pudd'nheadWilson glistens with characteristic Twain humor, with suspense,and with pointed irony: a gem among the author's laterworks.