When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty fa?ade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…. Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the town’s council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations? Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults. 英国作家、“哈利·波特之母”J.K.罗琳第一本为成人创作的小说《偶发空缺》将于9月27日在全球发售。这部黑色幽默小说的将背景设在一座看似诗情画意实则暗藏争斗的英国小镇，它讲述了

A classic anthology of short fiction by the acclaimed author gathers concise stories about New York City, confidence men, hoboes, the West, South America, and the American South, including such famed works as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Furnished Room.". 欧亨利著名作家的短篇小说经典文集，包括《麦琪的礼物》和《带家具的出租屋》等经典小说。

在波澜壮阔的三国时代，除了曹操、诸葛亮、刘备、孙权、周瑜等家喻户晓的人物，还有许多配角，他们也有自己的喜怒哀乐。作者从微小的史料记载中，想象出许多配角的故事。 ???《街亭》借“马谡失街亭”事件，追问马谡的结局，*后揭示了街亭之战被掩埋的真相。 ???《白帝城之夜》以刘备白帝城病重为背景，虚构了一出皇位更迭的故事。 ???《官渡杀人事件》讲述徐他刺杀曹操事件，这背后隐藏着怎样的悄无声息却惊心动魄的激烈交锋？ ???《宛城惊变》分析“宛城之战”必死之局为何只有曹操逃出生天的秘密。 ???《孔雀东南飞》中焦仲卿与刘兰芝二人的爱情悲剧与三国波澜壮阔的群雄争霸有何关联？ ???《洛神赋》流传千古，甄宓、曹丕、曹植三人之间究竟有何纠葛？ ???《三国新语》与《三国志·步幸传》借三国史实逸事

Homer'sgreatepicdescribesthemanyadventuresofOdysseus,Greekwarrior,ashestrivesovermanyyearstoreturntohishomeislandofIthacaaftertheTrojanWar.Hiscolourfuladventures,hisendurance,hisloveforhiswifeandsonhavethesamepowertomoveandinspirereaderstodayastheydidinArchaicGreece,2800yearsago.Thispoemhasbeentranslatedmanytimesovertheyears,butChapman'ssinewy,gorgeousrendering(1616)standsinaclassofitsown.ChapmanbelievedhimselfinspiredbythespiritofHomerhimself,andmatchesthebreadthandpoweroftheoriginalwithacomplexandstunningidiomofhisown.JohnKeatsexpressedhisadmirationfortheresultingworkinthefamoussonnet,'OnfirstlookingintoChapman'sHomer':'MuchhaveItravelledintherealmsofgold...'

《堂吉诃德》，全名《匪夷所思的拉曼查绅士堂吉诃德》，是伟大的西班牙作家塞万提斯的传世经典。作者以一位因误信骑士小说而毅然自号堂吉诃德的没落绅士人世行侠为主线，通过描写堂吉诃德大战风车、英勇救美、恶斗群羊、贸然释囚、挑战雄师、地穴探险、爵府奇遇等等荒诞故事，热烈地讴歌了真善美、无情地挞伐了假恶丑，充分表现出了盛行于当时的人文精神。《堂吉诃德》不愧为世界文学史上具有划时代意义的杰作，问世后四百年来，仅流传于各国的译本就有一千多种，成为世界人民的共有精神财富，泽及一代又一代杰出作家，堂吉诃德这一形象也作为耽于幻想、脱离实际的代表人物融入了现今社会生活的各个领域之中。据挪威诺贝尔学会透露，全世界五十多个国家的一百位作家在2002年上半年经过投票，评选出《堂吉诃德》为世界小说。

Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. 《傲慢与偏见》通过几位村镇中产阶级姑娘谈婚论嫁的故事，反映十八世纪末至十九世纪初英国社会的世态风习。小说情节曲折、富有喜剧性，语言自然流畅、机智幽默，以精湛的技巧揭示了生活的悲喜剧。十八世纪末叶，英国小说似乎发展到了一个潴留阶段。从这个世纪之初开始，以丹尼尔·笛福和乔纳森·斯威夫特为前导，英国小说经过亨利·菲尔丁、塞缪尔·理查森等小说大家的昌隆盛世，到

'Icanimagineyouatforty,'shesaid,ahintofmaliceinhervoice.'Icanpictureitrightnow.'Hesmiledwithoutopeninghiseyes.'Goonthen.'15thJuly1988.EmmaandDextermeetforthefirsttimeonthenightoftheirgraduation.Tomorrowtheymustgotheirseparateways.Sowherewilltheybeonthisonedaynextyear?Andtheyearafterthat?Andeveryyearthatfollows?Twentyyears,twopeople,OneDay.FromtheauthorofthemassivebestsellerStarterforTen.

Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.