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。

Anartthiefisontheloose!Dink,Josh,andRuthRosearevisitingDink'sUncleWarreninNewYorkCitywhenseveralpaintingsarestolenfromhisapartmentbuilding.Atrailoforangepeels,amissingpie,andanorangehairaretheonlysignsthatsomeonewasthere.Dothekidshaveenoughcluestocatchthiscrafty—andhungry—crook?

The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, "Brideshead Revisited" looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly-disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognize only his spiritual and social distance from them. 长篇小说《旧地重游》描写了伦敦近郊布赖兹赫德庄园一个天主教家庭一家人的生活和命运。这个家族老一代的马奇梅因侯爵在第一次世界大战期间去国外参加战争，战后没有回国，长期和他的意大利情妇卡拉在威尼斯同居。他的妻子马奇梅因夫人住在伦敦，夫妻不睦，按照天主教规定，夫妻不能离婚，事实上他们长期分居。他们的长子布赖兹赫德是未来爵位和庄园的继承人（与庄园同名），毕业于牛津大学，

With an Introduction by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury 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 matters. 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. Romantic heroine or middle-class neurotic, flawed wife and mother or passionate protester 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 char

TheAlchemistpickedupabookthatsomeoneinthecaravanhadbrought.Leafingthroughthepages,hefoundastoryaboutNarcissus. ThealchemistknewthelegendofNarcissus,ayouthwhokneltdailybesidealaketocomtemplatehisownbeauty.Hewassofascinatedbyhimselfthat,onemorning,hefellintothelakeanddrowned.Atthespotwherehefell,aflowerwasborn,whichwascalledthenarcissus. Butthiswasnothowtheauthorofthebookendedthestory. HesaidthatwhenNarcissusdied,thegoddnessesoftheforestappearedandfoundthelake,whichhadbeenfreshwater,transformedintoalakeofsaltytears. "Whydoyouweep?"thegoddnessesaskes. "IweepforNarcissus,"thelakereplied. "Ah,itisnosurprisethatyouweepforNarcissus,"theysaid,"forthoughwealwayspursuedhimintheforest,youalonecouldcontemplatehisbeautycloseathand." "But...wasNarcissusbeautiful?"thelakeasked "Whobetterthanyoutoknowthat?"thegoddnesssaidinwonder."Afterall,itwasbyyourbanksthatheknelteachdaytocontemplatehimself!" Thelakewassilentforsometime.Finally,itsaid: "IweepforNarcissus,butInevernoticedthatNarcissuswasbeautiful.Iweepbecause,eachtime