本书由三个文本组成。 *个文本是D（狄亚努斯）的日志，它构成了被称为 鼠的故事 的*部分。这部分以D的视角展开，记述了他与B的情乱，同时，在这场混乱的激情中，A（阿尔法主教）作为一个衔接D与B之关系的人物在场。 *部分也涉及了D与E的情乱，而这构成了第二个文本的记述核心。第二部分被称为 狄亚努斯 ，是A的笔记。这部分以A的视角展开。 这两个文本共同结构了本书的故事。被称为 俄瑞斯忒斯 的第三部分则更像是一个总的视角，或者说，一则诗性概述。它由诗歌和诗论组成。巴塔耶写道： 为了在一片明显的不可能中抓住一丝可能，我必须首先想象相反的情境。
Twenty-two-year-old Karla is thrilled to be hired as anentertainer on the Sound of Music cruise ship where the rum punchis 80 percent Kool-Aid, the ice sculp- tures are plastic, and her"fake it till you make it" M.O. seems adventuresome. Karla is lessthrilled when her new boyfriend, Jack, suggests that they form asinging duo on land, but by now faking enthusiasm has become a wayof life. She and Jack buy backing tracks, crib lyrics from theradio, and embark on a not-as-glamorous-as-it-should-be careerperforming in the luxury hotel bars of the Middle East and China.But after a thousand and one nights on the road, Karla and Jackfind themselves struggling to keep their act both personal andprofessional together. Funny, fast-paced, and incisive, A Thousandand One Nights captures the performances, large and small, we useto make it through life.
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Inspired by the long-standing affair between Frieda, Lawrence'sGerman wife, and an Italian peasant who eventually became her thirdhusband, Lady Chatterley's Lover is the story of ConstanceChatterley, who, while trapped in an unhappy marriage to anaristocratic mine owner whose war wounds have left him paralyzedand impotent, has an affair with Mellors, the gamekeeper. FrankKermode calls the book Lawrence's "great achievement" and Anais Nindescribes it as "artistically . . . his best novel." This ModernLibrary Paperback Classics edition includes the tran* of thejudge's decision in the famous 1959 obscenity trial that allowedthe novel to be published in the United States.
Is it a gesture of good will or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? What unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, and unfaithful wife about to run away with her lover? In this collection of short stories, the answers are as unexpected as they are satisfying. The Queen of Crime takes bizarre romantic entanglements, supernatural visitations, and classic murder to inventive new heights. 作者简介： AGATHA CHRISTIE is the world's best known mystery writer. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her writing career spanned more than half a century, during which she wrote 80 novels and short story col-lections, as well as 14 plays, one
Anton Chekhov's popularity in the west is without parallel for aforeign writer. He has been absorbed into our culture, and acceptedas one of our own. His plays lend themselves easily to the stage,calling for actors with intelligence and common sense rather than adramatic voice or histrionic skills. He takes from everyday lifethemes of frustration which apply to us all - the difficulty ofcarving out a happy existence, the problems of love, the fading ofhope, the universal feeling that time passes and we never quite getthings right. This seems pessimistic, and yet Chekhov claimed hewas writing comedy. Readers, actors and directors must decide forthemselves which way to play these pieces. They are full ofsadness, but a sadness described as the darkness of the last hourbefore the dawn . Whether tragic or comic, however, they are worksof the first importance. The Cherry Orchard has been described asthe best play since Shakespeare , Three Sisters as the best play inthe world .
In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeareturns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination ofJulius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one oftumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings–“Beware the ides ofMarch”–and of moving public oratory, “Friends, Romans, countrymen!”Ironies abound and most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is tolearn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracyagainst a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movementonce Caesar is dead. Each Edition Includes: · Comprehensive explanatory notes · Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship · Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enablingcontemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English · Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performancehistories · An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, alongwith an extensive filmography From the Paperback edition.
On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himself a wild night of love with a virgin. As is his habit he has purchased hundreds of women--he asks a madam for her assistance. The fourteen-year-old girl who is procured for him is enchanting, but exhausted as she is from caring for siblings and her job sewing buttons, she can do little but sleep. Yet with this sleeping beauty at his side, it is he who awakens to a romance he has never known. Tender, knowing, and slyly comic, Memories of My Melancholy Whores is an quisite addition to the master's work.
An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespearewith these features: Illustrated with photographs from New YorkShakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readableintroductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, alively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on theplay in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-dateannotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of keypassages.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES STARRING RENEE ZELLWEGER,HUGH GRANT AND COLIN FIRTH A dazzling urban satire of modern human relations? An ironic,tragic insight into the edmise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? Helen Fielding was born in Yorkshire and lives in London and Los Angeles.She worked for several years for the BBCand now writes for various newspapers.Her first novel,Cause Celeb,was published by Picador in 1994.Bridget Jones's Diary was published to international acclaim in 1996,as was the sequel,Bridget Jones:The Edge of Reason in 1999.
His last and greatest work Driven by intense passion, four brothers become involved in thebrutal murder of their own father, one of the most loathsomecharacters in all literature.
A big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by ourmaster chronicler of the way we live now. As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay-with ourhero, officer Nestor Camacho, on board-Tom Wolfe is off and runningheadlong into the only city in the world where people from adifferent country with a different language and a different culturehave taken over at the ballot box. This melting pot is full of hard cases who just won't melt,damn it: a Cuban mayor; a black police chief; a hot young reporterand a timid editor of the Miami Herald, both WASPs who went toYale; an Anglo sex-addiction psychiatrist who keeps his lovelyLatina nurse, Magdalena, in his bed and his star patient, aporn-addicted billionaire, on a string; a status-addled Haitianprofessor who thinks he's really French and wants his pale-skinneddaughter to "pass" and his Creole-spouting son to be quiet. Then there are the clueless collectors who "See it! Like it!Buy it!," spending tens of millions per minute on
"Anton Lesser reads these extraordinary missives in his mellifluous, British-brushed voice...A perfect Valentine gift to give or get."--BookPage "Anton Lesser narrates with energy and sensitivity to the text, shifting his delivery to match the tone of each letter.... A great collection with a great narrator. Don't wait until Valentine's Day for this one!"--AudioFile "Under the bright sun, lie back, shut your eyes, and listen to the lovesick likes of Beethoven, Keats, and Napoleon. Whether the missives are stoic or sweetly goofy, British stage actor Lesser gives them timeless resonance." – O, The Oprah Magazine, named one of four "terrific audiobooks"
'One of the most haunting books you could ever wish to read...it is stunning - moving, exciting, and wonderful' Lenny Henry Set in the deep American south between the wars, this is the classic tale of Celie, a young poor black girl. Raped repeatedly by her father, she loses two children and then is married off to a man who treats her no better than a slave. She is separated from her sister Nettie and dreams of becoming like the glamorous Shug Avery, a singer and rebellious black woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie discovers the support of women that enables her to leave the past behind and begin a new life.
Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and EricRasmussen provide a fresh new edition of Richard II,chronologically the first of the eight plays in Shakespeare’sHistory Cycle, which marks the beginning of a great schism withinthe nobility of England that will leave the nation riven by bloodyconflict for the next hundred years. This volume also includes morethan a hundred pages of exclusive features, including: ? an original Introduction to Richard II ? incisive scene-by-scene synopsis and analysis with vital factsabout the work ? commentary on past and current productions based on interviewswith leading directors, actors, and designers ? photographs of key RSC productions ? an overview of Shakespeare’s theatrical career and chronologyof his plays Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers,these modern and accessible editions from the Royal ShakespeareCompany set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for thetwenty-first
He is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest,handsome family man admired by men and desired by women. But a lifetime ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam. There the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity --and together swore never to tell the world what they had done. Nowthe press, army justice, and the events he tried to forget havecaught up with Ben Tyson. His family, his career, and his personalsense of honor hang in the balance. And only one woman can revealthe truth of his past -- and set him free.
Dickens's classic morality tale of a starving orphan caughtbetween opposing forces of good and evil is a powerful indictmentof Victorian England's Poor Laws. Filled with dark humor and anunforgettable cast of characters Oliver Twist, Fagin, Nancy, BillSykes, and the Artful Dodger, to name a few Dickens's second novelis a compelling social satire that has remained popular since itwas first serialized in 1837-39. The text for this Modern LibraryPaperback Classic is taken from the 1846 New Edition, revised andcorrected by the author. It includes new explanatory notes and anappendix, "A Brief History of the English Poor Laws."
